About Changing Gears
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The Story of Changing Gears

In 2008 Activetics was developed by Wayne Bishop, driven by his desire to see more being done to address the needs of mature workers in Australia. Rebranded in 2019, Changing Gears is now a formidable workforce planning business that supports organisations in providing cost effective solutions to challenges driven by an ageing workforce.
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Changing Gears is now a well recognised business that specialises in planning, policy development and interventions for businesses driven by ageing workforce challenges. We tailor solutions based on organisational need, and work collaboratively with senior leadership providing an experienced team of consultants, coaches and partners in delivering our programs and services. Changing Gears operates across a diverse range of work environments that include government agencies, manufacturing, mining, health, transport, power, communications, retail and industry associations.

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Our Promise

At Changing Gears we believe that the ageing population of Australia poses many unique challenges as well as opportunities. We undertake analysis, provide insights and education to enable businesses and their workers to make informed decisions to address these challenges.

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Wayne Bishop
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

Wayne Bishop is founding Director of Changing Gears, a workforce management consultancy delivering Mature Workforce Transition Methodology to Australian business. A former General Manager in the corporate Health Industry, Wayne has more than 40 years experience managing the risk of ageing workforces. His insight into the pressures and realities of Human Resources departments across business sectors means he provides invaluable objectivity and guidance in managing the talent cycle over time.

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Norm Cockerell
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

Prior to Changing Gears, Norm’s international senior executive career in Australia and across Asia focused on leading businesses in the Financial Services, Insurance and Health sectors. This wealth of expertise focused on business growth, operational effectiveness and cultural transformations. Norm now plans, manages and executes Changing Gears strategies that provide clients with the information they didn’t know they needed to transition to the next phase of their life after work.

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Sandy Hutchison
CEO - CAREER MONEY LIFE

Sandy Hutchison is the Founder and CEO of Career Money Life. A disruptive, innovative and award winning HR marketplace business providing employees and organisations the power of choice in career transition, parental leave programs, transition to retirement, mental health & wellbeing services and financial advice. Before founding her own startup, Sandy was an Asia Pac Human Resource Director at a global professional services firm, and previously a Partner in a global human resources consulting firm. Sandy continues to consult with organisations on gender equality issues and works as a mentor to senior women.

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Keith Millar
CONSULTANT

Keith Millar is a globally recognised coach who is trained and certified in coaching individuals through the many challenging situations people face as they navigate their journey through a fast changing world. Trained as a teacher in his early career, Keith has established several successful companies in the professional services and training/development area. For the past 20 years he has focused on coaching and mentoring people, in personal leadership, organisational leadership and management.

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Peter James
Director: Career Life Transitions

Peter is the founder and Director of Career Life Transitions a successful business providing career transition, people performance and professional development services based in Perth, Western Australia. He has worked with a range of blue chip organsitions across all sectors of industry, Government and NFP’s. His specialties are in strategic and ‘hands-on’ Leadership Coaching, Career Development and Transition, Group Facilitation and Organisational Development. Peter has qualification in Engineering, having worked in this sector for a number of years, together with an MBA and Grad Dip in Adult Education. Peter is heavily involved in Rotary and provides volunteering coaching to a number of organsitions to assist people achieve their goals, regardless of their background.

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Lindsay Vanstan
CENTRELINK SPECIALIST

Lindsay joined KeyPlay Financial Services, Ballarat in January 2008 after a distinguished 37 year career with Centrelink. In that time he has helped many people across Ballarat and the surrounding districts and in his last 10 years with Centrelink, Lindsay was the Financial Information Service Officer for the Ballarat region. Lindsay finished work at Keyplay in June 2018 to concentrate more attention on his consultancy services.

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Alan Grimwood
CENTRELINK SPECIALIST

For the last 20 years, Alan has been assisting people prepare for retirement, dealing with them at all stages of their lives from commencement of their employment, through to and in retirement. Along the way he has built up many rewarding relationships and friendships. Alan can assist people understand the maze of rules within Centrelink, so that they can maximise their entitlements in retirement. He enjoys helping people with the knowledge and experience he has accumulated.

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March 23, 2019

Enhanced On-Demand Reporting Provides Valuable Insights for Clients

Future of Work

February 21, 2019

Connected workers: bridging the gap between millennials and the ageing workforce

Future of Work

February 20, 2019

Good genes are nice, but joy is better

Health & Medicine

January 15, 2019

The future of Retirement, Ageing, Longevity (A Nine Landmark Study)

Future of Work

January 13, 2019

No time to retire

Future of Work

December 5, 2018

Health Sector – ‘mature age workforce’

Case Study

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