Baby boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—are receiving more and more attention. For example, at the International Coach Federation Conference, held in 2006, an entire day was devoted to retirement, complete with a specially selected panel of speakers.
According to the AARP, 78 million baby boomers will turn 60 by 2024. Until that time, approximately 10,000 people will turn 50 and 8,000 people will turn 60 EACH DAY. No wonder this is such a hot topic! This means that a huge segment of our population will be retiring or planning to retire in the near future, if they haven’t already. Retirement age used to be 57.5 but that number has risen to 63 because of an uncertain economy.