CurriculumLast updated November 2026
The Preferment course teaches six modules, Introduction, Identity, Motivation, Alignment, Accountability, and Launch, across eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele. Each week builds on the last, and the Preferment book doubles as your workbook, so you finish with a named mission and a 30-day plan instead of a stack of notes.
You learn to separate your identity from your job, find what motivates you without a paycheck, align your days with your values and strengths, build accountability, and launch a mission. It is a structured path, not a self-help pep talk.
Where you are right now, and why the old model of retirement was never built for someone like you.
You start with an honest look at where you are right now. This module explains why the old model of retirement, a sudden stop followed by open-ended leisure, was never built for someone who spent decades building a career and a reputation.
Separating who you are from what you did for a living.
The heart of the course for many high achievers. You separate who you are from what you did for a living, so the answer to "So, what do you do?" no longer starts with "I used to."
Finding what actually moves you, now that a paycheck is not the reason.
Without a paycheck, deadlines, or a title, what actually moves you? This module helps you find the drivers that remain when the external reasons for working are gone.
Matching your values and strengths to how you will actually spend your days.
Insight becomes design. You match your values and strengths to how you will actually spend your days, rather than filling the calendar with errands and appointments.
Building the structure that turns intention into a lived routine.
Intentions fade without structure. Here you build the routines and checkpoints that turn what you have discovered into a lived weekly rhythm.
Naming your mission for this next chapter, and stepping into it.
You name your mission for this next chapter and step into it, with a 30-day planner that translates your wondering into concrete action and activities.
Each week has two parts. First, a live session with Anne where the group works through the current chapter of the Preferment book and the questions it raises. Second, the homework built into that chapter, done on your own time before the next session.
Because the intake process is designed to prevent the classic failure of sessions going off topic, every live hour stays on the module at hand. The course page puts the spirit simply: you do not need a five-year plan, you just need a room to start figuring it out in.
Most retirement advice jumps straight to activities: volunteer, travel, take up a hobby. Preferment reverses that. Activities chosen before you know who you are and what moves you tend to feel like filler. By working Identity and Motivation first, the Alignment and Accountability modules have something real to build on, and the Launch module ends with a mission that fits you rather than a list of things to keep busy.
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The six modules are Introduction, Identity, Motivation, Alignment, Accountability, and Launch. You start with where you are now, separate who you are from what you did, find what moves you without a paycheck, match your values and strengths to your days, build structure that turns intention into routine, and finally name your mission for the next chapter.
The Preferment course runs for eight weeks, with one live session with Anne each week. Between sessions you complete homework built into the Preferment book. Eight weeks is long enough to move from reflection to a working routine, and short enough to keep momentum. The free webinar provides a real answer to 'So, what do you do?' in that same window.
Homework is built into the Preferment book and done between weekly sessions. The course page describes it as real exercises, not busywork. Exact time varies by person and by chapter, so plan for regular reflection time each week. The 30-day planner then helps convert what you discover into scheduled action and activities.
Preferment is a live course. Anne leads eight weekly live sessions, and the work happens in conversation with her and between sessions through the book’s built-in exercises. If you want something self-paced first, the free webinar offers instant access to a training you can watch on your own schedule.
The 30-day planner is a Preferment tool that translates your wondering into action and activities. Instead of ending the course with insights alone, you leave with a month of concrete steps tied to your values, strengths, and mission. It bridges the Accountability and Launch modules and the first weeks of living your next chapter.
By the end of Preferment you will have worked through all six modules, completed the book’s exercises, and named your mission for the next chapter in the Launch module. You also leave with a 30-day planner that turns that mission into scheduled action and activities, plus a weekly structure built in the Accountability module.
Eight weekly live sessions with Anne van Leynseele, the Preferment book, and guided homework. $3,000 investment.
