CARLEEN MACKAY

Across the nation, on stage, in print and on behalf of America’s smallest or largest firms, educational institutions and the maturing population themselves, Carleen MacKay inspires individuals and organizational leaders to understand the competitive advantages a fully prepared, multi-generational workforce offers the American workplace. In terms of how the challenges an aging consumer nation and aging workforce impact America’s ability to compete; no other subject-matter expert exists with the level and depth of knowledge Carleen offers.

✦Director, Mature Workforce Initiatives for Career Partners International, a global firm specializing in career and talent management.

• Workforce policy advisor to AARP/California; finalist for their prestigious AARP Andrus award.
• Long established mature workplace/workforce expertise in public, private & educational sectors, such as throughout the University of California system, the Department of Aging, The National Council on Aging and the Employment Development Department.
• Published author – Boom or Bust, Return of the Boomers, Plan “B” for Boomers & Beyond, The Myth Card Sort, The 50,000 Mile (mid-career) Checkup, (an online book written exclusively for Career Partners International and recently published).
• Practitioner, not an academic, experienced with organizational change practices for major organizations, such as Intel, Nortel and Lab Corp, Pepsi-Cola and others.
• Nationally certified career consultant; certified mid-career and late career management expert; certified in change management practices.

2010 engagements include:

✦ Keynotes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on behalf of Kelly Services’ and Career Partners International client leaders from large multi-national firms
✦ Keynote at the National Council on Aging’s Annual Conference
✦ Keynote presenter for AARP’s National team’s Job Fairs and Conferences
✦ Conceptualized, created and led efforts for the first of a series of “Learning Conferences” – based on the premise that “people will earn only if they continue to learn.”

What a few highly visible experts have to say about Carleen MacKay:

✦ “Fun, funny and factual, Carleen MacKay has done it again! In one hour, she offered both a clear glimpse of our economic future and a bold call to leaders to take steps now to preserve America’s competitiveness.” Bill Ayers, President and CEO, The Ayers Group.

✦ “What a wonderful, thought-provoking and engaging presenter. Carleen knows how to make the case that the contribution of our mature workers is an absolute necessity for the success of America in the global economy.” Gene Burnard, Publisher, Workforce 50.

✦ “Carleen turns traditional workforce planning on its ear! She makes the case to organization and individuals that there are new and important ways to attract, deploy, retain, challenge, motivate and reward talent across the 4 generations in today’s workplace.” Stephen Karp, Vice President, Compensation & Benefits, Spherion Corporation, a Fortune 1000 firm.

Comments about a few of her published books and materials:

Ken Dychtwald, author and leading expert on demographic change says this about her books: “Her books are absolutely terrific – smart, practical and inspiring. If leaders and boomers need reading experiences about the marketplace changes that affect all of us in America, read Carleen’s books; they will understand the changing world of work!”

Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation and A Whole New Mind endorsed her book, Return of the Boomers, as a “critical reading experience if leaders are to preserve America’s competitiveness.”

Jim Ratliff, Chairman of Career Partners International and Chief Executive Officer of Ratliff & Taylor endorsed her online book, The 50,000 Mile Checkup “as pivotal for every mature worker who strives to adapt, learn and develop throughout the balance of their career.”