Find Our Why
Assess organizational motivation to strengthen Age Inclusion
1. Anchor in our organizational values
Many organizations have dual motivations for advancing age inclusion. It can be both consistent with organizational values, and have a compelling business case. Do you know your motivations?
Actions To Consider
Use this worksheet with your team to explore how age inclusion efforts can help your organization live more fully to its stated values. You can use it as an exercise with your Senior Leadership Team, or you can use it with your HR leadership team and then integrate the outcome into a broader presentation to senior leaders.
Use this worksheet with your team to explore how age inclusion efforts can help your organization live more fully to its values.
2. Consider our business case
As with any type of initiative, you 'll need to develop a business case to understand why it's worth making investments of both staff time and funding.
Actions To Consider
Assess your business case for age inclusion using this slide deck with your team. It presents trusted research-based data on the overall business case for age inclusion, and guides you to use data from your own organization to build your unique business case.
Want to build mixed-age teams but need leadership buy-in? Download AARP's Business Case slides to build your proof points.
3. Align our senior leadership
Most executives are aware that the multigenerational makeup of the workforce calls for awareness of age as a factor in DEI initiatives. They also increasingly understand that age inclusion is an issue that affects all employees, particularly at both ends of the age spectrum. Bring your people managers together to learn how age inclusive teams create value for the organization and to secure buy-in to develop an age inclusion plan for the coming year.
Actions To Consider
To align senior leaders on age inclusion as a strategic opportunity, use our resources to present and facilitate a conversation, and secure buy-in to develop an age inclusion plan for the coming year.
Leadership team of organization
CHRO or senior HR leader
Free
2 hours planning, 30 minutes presenting
Steps and Resources
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01DRAFT EMAIL
Secure 30 minutes on the agenda of an upcoming leadership team meeting. You can use this draft email.
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02Slide Deck
Use this slide deck to prepare for your discussion, and to facilitate conversation with the leadership team.
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Based on outcomes of the conversation, use the Topic 2 Chart our Path resources, or select specific Action Options from this tool to meet your specifically designed needs.
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04Survey
Help AARP improve the workshop resources by completing this short survey.
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Resources
1. Anchor in our organizational values
Use this worksheet with your team to explore how age inclusion efforts can help your organization live more fully to its values.
2. Consider our business case
Want to build mixed-age teams but need leadership buy-in? Download AARP's Business Case slides to build your proof points.
3. Align our senior leadership
To align leaders and secure support, use this draft email to secure 30 minutes on the agenda of a leadership team meeting.
To align senior leaders, use this slide deck to prepare for your discussion and to facilitate conversation.
After you have hosted a workshop, help AARP improve the workshop resources by completing this short survey.
