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What is Leadership Discoveries?
You know it best: being an executive leader can be tough. How do you stay inspired and keep moving the business forward with so much going on? Meet Dr. Shirley Kavanagh, Executive Advisor and scholar/practitioner. In each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Presented by Shirley Kavanagh each episode, hear Shirley in conversation with top global leaders and experts on leading with integrity, overcoming adversity, and developing other leaders. Leadership Discoveries is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your favourite podcast platform.
Leadership Discoveries #6:
Strength in Diversity: Leveraging Multi-Generational Workforces with Deirdre Wafer, LinkedIn
Deirdre Wafer leads a Customer Insights team for LinkedIn Marketing Solutions across EMEA and LATAM, empowering large, global brands and media agency clients with strategic insights from LinkedIn’s unique first-party data. She’s a strong supporter of multi-generational teams and currently co-leads the “Wisdom” Employee Resource Group globally in LinkedIn, which focuses on inclusive teams for those aged 40+ and their allies in the workplace. In this episode, listen to Deirdre talk about the perks of reverse mentoring, what we can learn from younger colleagues, the reality of ageism in the workplace, how to excel as an older worker, and her tips for successful career transitions.
This episode covers everything from diversity to career paths. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
What can we learn from reverse mentoring?
Does reverse mentoring require courage?
How can we deliver for The Silver Economy?
Is there still a lot of room to improve offerings for older workers?
How do you make successful career transitions?
Is Gen AI a friend or foe?
How should organizations cater to older workers?
What are Deirdre's favorite AI tools?
Connect with Deirdre on LinkedIn.
Check out the episode and show notes below:
Show Notes
Strength in Diversity: Leveraging Multi-Generational Workforces with Deirdre Wafer, LinkedIn
[0:30] Welcome back to Leadership Discoveries!
[0:35] Deirdre Wafer
[1:12] How did Deirdre get where she is today?
[1:40] Startup
[2:18] Recession
[4:19] LinkedIn
[4:44] EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
[5:46] Gen Z (Generation Z)
[5:55] What can we learn from reverse mentoring?
[8:41] Does reverse mentoring require courage?
[9:38] What do mentees think of reverse mentoring?
[10:38] How can we deliver for The Silver Economy?
[11:40] "‘A wonderful opportunity’: Rethinking life’s stages"
[13:01] Is there still a lot of room to improve offerings for older workers?
[13:35] COVID-19
[16:33] ATM (Automated Teller Machine)
[17:11] Is it easier to be an older man or older woman in the workforce?
[19:09] Brain Fog, Night Sweats
[20:08] How should organizations cater to older workers?
[22:45] AI (Artificial Intelligence)
[25:04] How do you make successful career transitions?
[27:26] Mortgage
[28:24] Is Gen AI (Generative AI) a friend or foe?
[29:34] PowerPoint, Teams
[30:40] What are Deirdre's favorite AI tools?
[30:46] Copilot
[32:55] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and LinkedIn, and Deirdre on LinkedIn
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