Lincoln Financial Group recently launched a new participanteducation program called Lincoln InStep, designed to help planparticipants through the retirment and savings process.

The programs includes a variety of content, products, services,and multimedia tools to assist employees in taking the right stepsduring the savings phase.

"Lincoln has a long-standing commitment to the retirementmarketplace, and we strongly believe that comprehensive and ongoingemployee education is one of the keys to successful retirementplanning," said Chuck Cornelio, president, Defined Contribution,Lincoln Financial Group in a press release.

The program involves four steps, which include:

• Getting started – learn the basics ofretirement planning and investing through information designed tohelp people saving for retirement.
• Saving more – identify new ways to boostretirement savings by helping people understand the small stepsthey can take to help them make the most of their retirement planand achieve their retirement goals.
• Investing wisely – participants can learn howto optimize asset allocation to fit individual risk profiles andthe market environment.
• Stepping Into Retirement – explore retirementstrategies and income options.

These steps help manage retirement planning and financial needsfor participants through their various life phases including jobchanges, getting married, having a child, and buying a home. Theprogramhelps plan sponsors achieve their plan goals and objectiveswhile providing plan participants with custom tools that best suittheir needs including in-person, online, and print resources.