Goodbye to Terry

Sad moment this morning as The TOG era came to an end with Terry's departure from his regular morning show. We quote him in most talks we do about the 55+'s, " Use by dates don't apply to people". He finished this morning by commenting that age is important only if you are a cheese!

In my latest book on portfolio careers I write about the importance of managing everyday stress and speaking personally in the morning in my bathroom I regularly used to switch from the confrontational, bad news stuff on the Today Programme to Terry for light relief and to make you smile for the first time in the day.

Over 50's coping better with stress at work

This is the conclusion of an Investors in People report which shows that the nation’s workers are more stressed than they were a year ago. 38% of employees it surveyed had seen their stress levels crank up in the past 12 months. They found that older workers are finding everything less stressful than their younger counterparts – possibly because they’ve been through it all before. Only 32% of over-55s reported an increase in stress, compared with 41% of 35- to 44-year-olds, and 45% of 45- to 54-year-olds. This is yet another reason to encourage mentoring schemes where older workers can help younger ones to ride this out.