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Description

Preparing for Retirement: Organising the Transition, Rethinking Your Time and Looking Ahead

Two days to prepare for retirement as far more than an administrative formality

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

As the date approaches, attention naturally turns to paperwork. Yet what unsettles people most comes afterwards: days without structure, a professional network that gradually fades, a social role that disappears overnight. The subject is rarely discussed until it is already upon us.

This 14-hour programme addresses the transition in all its dimensions. Participants clarify their timeline and the steps to initiate, anticipate how their budget will change, think through how they will organise their time, and identify the activities and relationships they wish to build. Each participant leaves with a personal transition plan.

Learning objectives

  • Identify the steps to initiate and the order in which to complete them
  • Anticipate how income and expenditure will change
  • Organise the use of your time once professional activity ends
  • Identify the social connections to maintain or build
  • Formalise a transition plan for the months leading up to departure

What makes this programme different

A personal timeline of administrative steps built during the programme
Focused work on the first few months, a period consistently underestimated
Peer exchange with others going through the same transition

Programme

1Positioning Your Departure

Timeline, formalities and points of contact

  • Mapping the stages to anticipate
  • Identifying the entities involved and the documents to gather
  • Sequencing the formalities over time
  • Points to verify with your employer, including end-of-service entitlements

2Anticipating the Change in Resources

Budget and trade-offs

  • Comparing current and future expenditure
  • Identifying the cost categories that will change
  • Trade-offs on housing and commitments already under way
  • Questions to put to a financial adviser

3Organising Your Time and Staying Connected

Rhythm, activities and social life

  • Designing a typical week without professional obligations
  • Choosing community, sporting or cultural activities
  • Maintaining and renewing your personal network
  • Finding the right balance within the household

4Living the Transition

Identity, role and new projects

  • Losing the reference points attached to a professional role
  • Responding to the question of your new status
  • Passing on experience and contributing to others
  • Drafting a personal transition plan

Who is it for

Employees whose retirement is planned in the medium term, together with their spouses where the organisation provides for this, and anyone wishing to prepare for this transition in advance.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.