About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of transitioning into retirement, focusing on the identity shift experienced by high-performing professionals.
Send us Fan Mail Retirement looks simple on paper until you realize you’re not just leaving a job, you’re leaving an identity. Lee and Gwilym sit down with Rob Williams, a former partner and co-head of IP at Bird and Bird who retired at 56 and retrained as a retirement coach, to talk about what actually makes the transition hard for high-performing professionals in intellectual property, law, and patent work. They discuss the non-financial side of retirement planning: the “role loss” t...
People in this episode
Hosts: Lee, Gwilym
Guest: Rob Williams
Topics covered
- retirement
- identity
- transition
- high-performing professionals
- coaching
Keywords
- retirement planning
- role loss
- intellectual property
- law
- patent work
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bird and Bird
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