Rick Grimaldi, author of Age Appropriate: How to Leverage a Multigenerational Workforce and Win the Market, is available for keynote presentations and onsite workshops. See below for just a few of his most popular titles. He will gladly customize a speech or workshop for your group.

The Age-Appropriate Workplace: Leveraging Intergenerational Dynamics to Your Advantage. In this high-level session, you’ll learn the most valuable traits employees from each of the five generations bring to the table; how to maximize their impact on organizational performance; and how to create a culture that promotes cross-generational understanding, harmony, and collaboration.

“Is This a Generation Gap Issue?” How to Spot and Solve Workplace Problems Caused by Intergenerational
Differences. Sometimes workplace conflicts and tensions are rooted in a lack of understanding between Boomers and Gen Zers (or other combinations). Learn why these unresolved issues are so damaging, as well as how to decode the underlying causes and build bridges between different age groups.

How to Recruit and Retain a Healthy Multigenerational Workforce. The strongest organizations are those with a good “mix” of age groups working for them. Learn how to target your hiring practices to attract specific cohorts, offer a compelling set of benefits, and start building a culture that will keep employees of all ages engaged for the long haul.

Here Comes Gen Z! Is Your Company Ready for Them? Gen Z is about to overtake Boomers in the workforce. They have very specific demands and expectations. In this presentation, we’ll explore their “non-negotiables” and look at what you need to do both strategically and tactically to prepare your company for the massive disruption this generation will bring.

The Aging Employee: Why We’re Uncomfortable With Older Workers (and Why It Needs to Change). The graying of America means many “retirement age” employees won’t be retiring after all. Lower birth rates, increased life spans, and rising costs will require people to work longer—and companies will need them to. Aside from the obvious legal issues, we’ll discuss attitudes toward older workers and offer tips for  attracting and retaining them (including luring retired employees back to the workforce).

Are Your Managers Equipped to Lead a Multigenerational Workforce? Employees of different generations have very different needs, expectations, and preferences around leadership. We’ll look at the skill set supervisors and managers need to master to engage and build strong relationships with people of all age groups.

Mentoring, Reverse-Mentoring, and Other Ways to Foster Cross-Generational Learning. One benefit of having an age-diverse workforce is the huge built-in knowledge base of varying skills and insights. Explore strategies and tactics for creating mentorship/ally programs, building productive age-diverse teams, and employing other strategies to help employees connect with and learn from each other.

The Coming “Union Revival” and How to Prepare for It. Research shows that both Gen Zers and Millennials are more pro-union than older generations ever have been (and no wonder, given their high levels of economic anxiety). We will explore what this means for organizations and offer suggestions for providing the fair benefits, flexibility, and growth the younger segments of the workforce want and, increasingly, expect.

For more information or to book Rick Grimaldi for a speaking engagement, email him at rick@rickgrimaldibooks.com.