A Tap on the Shoulder

In the final episode of this podcast series, Trevor and Dave look back at the lessons learnt over the last three months and provide an outline of how we can move forward into a life of greater purpose. The conversation will leave you with a sense of what you now need to do in order to grow elder and not just older. You will have the blueprint on how to elder yourself so that you can truly discover...

Dave and Trevor reflect on the last four episodes where theyinterviewed four very different guests who looked at eldering from numerous different perspectives. They try to discover the key learning points and share whatthey both took away from the conversations. This episode is a perfect way to distil the learnings from the last four weeks and sets up next week’s final episode which is all about h...

From humble beginnings in Zambia, Martin Kalungu-Banda has worked at senior levels in business, government and civil society, and is an experienced designer and facilitator of innovation and change processes. He has been a thinking partner to Global Leaders and Heads of State, including threeyears as Chief of Staff and Special Advisor, to the third President of Zambia. In conversation with Trevor...

In an engaging and powerful episode, Dave and Trevor talk toChris Edwards who has launched the “Goat Project” in his Hampshire secondary school. Chris was inspired by Gareth Southgate’s Dimbleby Lecture and decided to take action and create the chance for his pupils to find trusted adults outside of their family. The Goat project has now taken off and influenced the lives of not only the students...

Ed Adshead-Grant has combined a love of geography and travel with working for global businesses in the payments industry. He has now taken on a series of Non-Executive Director (NED) roles and is passionate about providing eldership to those he works with. In this episode, Trevor and Dave explore with Ed what it meansto provide eldership in the workplace and the rewards that it brings. Ed’s rich e...

Dave and Trevor shake up the format of the Tap on the Shoulder episodes to date by inviting a guest into the studio to share the microphones with them. Hazel Valentine is a business coach with a rich and powerful story to tell. As Hazel contemplates retirement, she is actively seeking what it means to become an Elder. In a deeply personal way, Hazel shares some of the “tap onthe shoulder” moments...

When the Beatles sang “All You Need Is Love,” it could easilyhave sounded like a honey-sweet bumper sticker: idealistic, a gooey warm feeling. However, love is anything but that. It is the strongest, mostinfluential, personally challenging and liberating reality we can embrace. Love is a term used in so many different contexts. Davetalks about how he loves a croissant on a Saturday morning and how...

Starting with the mythical (we checked it out afterrecording the podcast!) story of the eagle and how it goes through a painful personal transition to prolong life, this is a gritty look at how we may need to go to dark place in order to truly become the best version of ourselves. Trevor details why we may only experience a mid-life crisisif we ignore the mid-life transition that we all go through...

We are most likely familiar with what it means tocrystallise our pension. In simple terms, it is how we put the years of saving for our pension into good use. But what about our experience? Surely that is as much of an asset as our pension? In this episode Trevor explains how all the years of experience we have gained can be put to good use in the second half ofour life and how we go about the pro...

Does our ego get in the way sometimes? Are we chasing after being the person we think we should be, or maybe someone else thinks we should be, rather than truly being ourselves? Dave and Trevor help us to understand the work we need to do to understand who we really are and how we can be themost authentic version of ourselves. Full of personal reflections and searing insights, this is an episode t...

Have you wondered what your calling is? This isn’t necessarily the same question as what your talents and gifts are, it is more about discovering what it is that truly ignites your passion. In this episode, Trevor helps set out how we can unpick whatare calling is and why it is so important for us to do so. Think of this as a great detective adventure that will help you direct your time and effort...

Full of personal anecdotes and reflections, this episode sees Trevor talk about why it is so important that our talents and values are seen by others. We will look at the role of parenting in this regard but will also discover why the act of "seeing others" can be so valuable and life affirming. If we want to get elder and not just older, our ability to impact others by calling out their...

Sharing some very personal insights, Trevor talks to Dave about why it is so important to respond to the tap on the shoulder that we will all experience at some point in our lives. Have you ever wondered how you find your purpose? Have you ever thought about whether there is more to life than than the hard work you put in to be successful? Have you ever wished there was something beyond the golf c...

Trevor explains what is meant by " a tap on the shoulder" and how we will all experience a tap at some point in our lives. In this episode you will learn how the tap on the shoulder can be the catalyst to us growing wiser and discovering our true purpose in life.

A "Tap on the Shoulder" is the latest book of author and social entrepreneur, Trevor Waldock, and in this introduction to a podcast series of the same name, Trevor will talk about the concept of eldering and why it is steeped in human history and the ultimate step in our personal journey through life. We will look at why the role of Elders is so important right now and how we can relate...

Here's a little snippet of what to expect from the forthcoming "Tap on the Shoulder" podcast with Trevor Waldock, in conversation with Dave Courteen. Maybe you are thinking that the world has become full of programmes, podcasts, articles, books on leadership, and Executive Education Programmes, yet we have become more lost than ever. The world and most of us in it, aren’t any clearer...