About act3

act3 was established by some of Australia’s leading business advisers to help:

• Individuals take control and achieve clarity and confidence about their future life and career
• Organisations engage and retain one of their most valuable resources - their senior talent

act3 are pioneers of act3 Planning and work with senior executives and company directors of leading businesses such as NAB, Deloitte, Australia Post, Amcor, Kraft, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Pacific Brands, Transfield and Jones Lang LaSalle.

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Our Services

act3 Planning is a unique, strategic and holistic program that helps executives develop a plan for their future life and career that takes into account their personal, professional and financial needs and aspirations - and which actively engages their spouse.

“In a day-and-age where life-long learning is becoming increasingly important, act3 Planning is an idea whose time has come. It provides a real opportunity for already accomplished leaders to think creatively about their future - to enhance and leverage their skills to contribute to the greater wellbeing of society.”

Manfred Kets de Vries
Professor of Leadership Development
Director INSEAD Global Leadership Centre

act3 Career Management leverages our act3 Planning capabilities to help executives to successfully plan and manage career transition. Find out more about why a new approach to executive career transition is needed.

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Our Insights

What’s Old is New Again
As the economy continues to bounce back from the global downturn, many employers are taking a fresh look at their older staff. Download article

Brave New Old World
Employers must think hard and act fast if they want to harness and manage the potential of an ageing workforce Download article

You've got it, so flaunt it: strategies for working longer
How mature-age men and women who want - or need - to extend their working lives can succeed in a soft market. Download article

Portfolio career replaces jobs for life as baby boomers pay
The financial meltdown will reshape the nature of work forever.  When the recovery finally comes, careers and employment practices will look different, with more people taking time out during the upheaval.  That will lead to a reappraisal of the way we see work and leisure.  Leon Gettler reports. Download article

Retaining and engaging
senior talent
One of the most critical issues facing business in the next few years is the potential exodus of senior talent. It is "the elephant in the room" for most organizations. Yet too few organisations have assessed their own vulnerability to this issue - let alone tackled it in any meaningful way with their senior executives. Download article

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