New Horizons - Mapping Your Path to Retirement

The definition of "retirement” as we know it is changing. The options are limitless. Only by exploring all these options — in the context of personal circumstances, dreams, and needs — can one begin to develop a retirement plan that brings the fulfillment we aspire to achieve. CPI's New Horizons™ program is an excellent component to consider as part of an employee benefit package, a voluntary retirement program, or an outplacement program.  

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Retirement today doesn’t necessarily mean stopping work. For many it actually becomes a time of major renewal – a time to purposefully refocus and rebalance one’s lifestyle. Career Partners International does not assume any particular type of retirement lifestyle. Instead, our New Horizons program serves participants by helping them identify and plan for new ways of living that speak to individual passions and aspirations.

The New Horizons program helps participants who are at any point in their life path or contemplating a transition from their current position to create a self-portrait that includes their personal needs. Using this self-portrait, a Career Partners International Certified LifeOptions© Retirement Coach guides participants down an educational pathway, encouraging them to cast aside old, limiting assumptions and become fully invested in the design of a new and rewarding lifestyle.

Retirement is not an end to productive work or personal contribution.

Rather, it is a time to develop a new, personally healthy and constructive lifestyle that may not be available during one’s full-time career or occupation. The New Horizons program has been defined around core materials developed by Richard P. Johnson, Ph.D, a nationally recognized speaker, lecturer, and expert in the field of retirement and adult development. Instructional materials are available in print and online, and include corresponding exercises that help participants face realities and recognize hidden opportunities.

The New Horizons program is designed around empowering individuals to be the best that they can be in their mature years. Participants begin with a 99-item assessment instrument that covers 20 separate lifestyle and attitudinal factors. The assessment provides a clear, well-ordered and scaled overview of how each participant compares to others in similar life circumstances with respect to their personal growth toward retirement. In-depth program materials then guide participants through these key areas of focus:

• Career and work – Discovering your ideal work, work benefits and work options
• Health and wellness – Examining personal health practices, vitality, and wellness attitudes
• Finances and insurance – Testing knowledge of finances, financial planning, and financial confidence
• Family and relationships – Considering flexibility options, the need to provide caregiving for aging parents or adult children, and grandparenting
• Leisure and social – Uncovering your preferences for leisure, residence, travel, and hobbies
• Personal development – Exploring your life meaning and opportunities for education and volunteering
• Legal and legacy – Ensuring that wills, estates, trusts, power-of-attorney, healthcare administration and other documents are in place to protect you and your family