Nearly one in three employees is already over 50: 20 minutes to make them a team asset, with care.
Too many experienced team members feel quietly pushed aside in mid-career, and they disengage. Yet their loyalty, expertise, and knowledge of the job are rare assets. This module gives you the habits to keep these people engaged and performing well, from your everyday stance to knowledge transfer at the end of their career.
~20 min at your own paceKey skill: Intergenerational managementAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
What you’ll take away
- the habit of managing the person, not the age, in an adult-to-adult stance
- an awareness of stereotypes about older workers, and ways to counter them
- the practical ways to value older workers’ experience and keep them engaged
Who it’s for
Managers who lead older team members today, or who will in the future.
Learning objectives
- Adopt an adult-to-adult stance with older workers: the same management tools, consideration without condescension.
- Challenge age-related stereotypes with facts by getting to know each older team member as an individual.
- Value older team members’ experience, network, and job knowledge through mentoring and intergenerational groups.
- Sustain motivation and performance over time: prospects, flexibility, physical and mental strain, end-of-career knowledge transfer.
How does this module work?
The steps of the Adaptive module.
- Self-assessmentOn nine dimensions, to gauge current habits and guide the practice.
- Expert videoA ~10 min video with three pauses for reflection.
- Practice scenariosThe first two scenarios chosen from the self-assessment, then sixteen more, optional. Every answer gets feedback: what it leads to, and one way to improve.
- Dated commitmentOne action to try, written by the learner or chosen from the suggestions.
- Memo to downloadKey takeaways, questions, commitment, personal notes, and checklists.
Duration: ~20 min. Excluding bonus practice scenarios and optional in-depth content.
