Victoria Tomlinson

Articles by Victoria Tomlinson

Victoria Tomlinson is chief executive and founder of Next-Up. Next-Up supports employers with a range of services for directors, partners and employees to help them understand the impact of retirement on mental health and create a plan to use their skills and experience in new ways to ensure wellbeing. A key part of our role is to inspire people with ideas and contacts, beyond traditional expectations. A former director of EY, she is an international speaker on unretirement, personal branding and using LinkedIn strategically as well as on leadership and women on boards. She mentors chief executives and directors, start-up businesses and ex-offenders. Victoria is Honorary Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University and chaired an advisory board for University of Leeds.

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David Attenborough at 100. What are we doing writing people off at 50? image

David Attenborough at 100. What are we doing writing people off at 50?

You cannot have missed it. The world stopped last week to celebrate David Attenborough’s 100th birthday. Children talking about how he made them love nature. Marine biologists and zoologists crediting him with their entire careers. A celebration at the Albert Hall. Plastered across billboards and even the King sending best wishes on behalf of ‘all ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Longevity Nation: A Book That Should Be on Every Leader's Desk

I have a confession to make. When Michael Clinton’s Longevity Nation landed in my hands, I was simultaneously excited and slightly nervous. Michael and I have been in conversation about the longevity space for a while now and he had kindly agreed to read my manuscript for Expiry Date Never, the book I have written ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Why longevity research matters and how employers can lead the way

Well done to Canada Life for their incredibly detailed research into longevity and what it means for employers and employees. It is encouraging to see a major organisation take this topic seriously and invest in understanding how our working lives are changing. But. And it’s a big but. Even this future-thinking company slips unintentionally into ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Let’s support this campaign #AgeWithoutLimits and change the reality of age

Let’s change the reality of age. This week, please back Centre for Ageing Better’s #AgeWithoutLimits campaign calling out the ridiculous issues almost no one else is facing into. One in three UK workers is now over 50 – yet too many employers still won’t hire them. The stats show older applicants are less likely to be ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Age is not an ending, but time to imagine new beginnings

This past week has been a festival of age – not in the sense of slowing down, but of stepping up. I turned seventy with a hundred friends under an Arabian tent in my garden, all colour, music and spice. Then lunch with my wonderful family, where Frances Atkins’ Paradise restaurant in Harrogate dazzled us ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Partner Retirement in Law Firms

I was asked by Ronnie Fox, editor of Partner Retirement in Law Firms, to review the newly released second edition of this book. It’s encouraging to see the subject of retirement being discussed more openly. For too long it’s been such a sensitive topic that partners and firms have tied themselves in knots trying to ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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How my sister’s Pet Portraits prove LinkedIn isn’t just for suits and CVs image

How my sister’s Pet Portraits prove LinkedIn isn’t just for suits and CVs

The Unexpected power of One LinkedIn Post Most people in their 50s or more, look at LinkedIn with a mixture of suspicion and confusion. “Isn’t that just for job-hunting?”“Why would I want to tell the world what I’m doing now that I’ve retired?” Or, more commonly, “I hate the thing.” But this story might just shift ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Five generations at work - yes, now!

Five generations – Exciting? Nightmare? Impossible? Opportunity?   I have realised all the discussions on this topic are about the challenges, the tensions. I have not heard one person express excitement.  Until now. Patrick Dunne and Rebecca Robins have spent six years researching what should be the new norm of five (or six or seven) ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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Retirement has to come out of the broom cupboard – and it’s starting image

Retirement has to come out of the broom cupboard – and it’s starting

Why retirement is a weird concept Only 39% of people retire voluntarily; popular culture holds it out as a time of skipping on beaches with a beaming smile; and yet the reality can be so awful that many experience terrible mental health and a few even take their lives. In professional firms, partners hardly dare ... Succession planning – top of law firms’ agenda?...

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