Course : Managing seniors

Making experience a performance driver

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. MSR
Price : 1590 CHF E.T.

Managing seniors

Making experience a performance driver


New course

What if experience were your best performance lever? This training course will give you the keys to valuing, mobilizing and engaging senior profiles in a forward-looking collective dynamic.


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Practical course in person or remote class
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. MSR
  2d - 14h00
1590 CHF E.T.




What if experience were your best performance lever? This training course will give you the keys to valuing, mobilizing and engaging senior profiles in a forward-looking collective dynamic.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Identify the specific engagement levers for senior profiles
Adopt an adapted and individualized management approach
Valuing experience without stereotyping
Creating a dynamic of intergenerational cooperation
A proactive and positive approach to end-of-career management

Intended audience
Managers, team leaders

Prerequisites
No

Practical details
Hands-on work
Role-playing, practical exercises, building an action plan, collective reflection.
Teaching methods
Active teaching methods based on discussion, guided exercises and real-life situations. Assessment throughout the course, and development of a personalized action plan.

Course schedule

1
Understanding seniors at work

  • Who are today's senior employees? Key data, profiles, diversity
  • What are their motivations, obstacles and needs?
  • Deciphering stereotypes and their effects on management
Exercise
Collaborative work to establish the current situation. Portrait of seniors vs. other generations: similarities and differences. Discussions aimed at distinguishing reality from stereotypes. Reflection: what are the levers for federating an intergenerational team?

2
Adopt the right management style

  • Giving meaning, recognizing, trusting
  • Adapting support: pace, health, learning, training
  • Managing sensitive situations: disengagement, fatigue, silent eviction
  • Conduct constructive interviews (career assessment, future projects)
Exercise
Work on mapping your team and determining the appropriate management style. Focus on high value-added missions that can be delegated to seniors, to enhance their expertise and their role in the team. Role-playing exercises.

3
Promoting intergenerational cooperation

  • Encourage the exchange of skills: training, reverse mentoring, mixed pairs, etc.
  • Present your team with your strategic vision, emphasizing a shared corporate culture and strong values.
  • Valuing the specific roles of seniors in project teams
Exercise
Strategy presentation highlighting intergenerational synergy. Use of the "strategic bridge" tool.

4
Enhancing the quality of managerial relations

  • Developing your emotional intelligence
  • Practice active listening and assertiveness to assert yourself with ease
  • Managing difficult situations: resistance to change, victimization, disempowerment...
  • Giving constructive, positive feedback
  • Reframing and remotivating
Exercise
Review of difficult situations encountered by participants. Role-playing situations: reframing interviews. Use of communication techniques.

5
Anticipating and supporting the end of a career

  • Enhancing the future departure: anticipation, project, rhythm
  • Explore HR levers: handover, accommodation, phased retirement, etc.
  • Adopt a coaching posture to support each stage of your career path
  • Make everyone a key player in the company's transformation: innovation, digital, ecological transition...
Exercise
Role-playing situations: career-end preparation interview. Use of communication techniques (active listening, assertiveness)


Dates and locations

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie
From 26 to 27 March 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 25 to 26 June 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 28 to 29 September 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration
From 14 to 15 December 2026
FR
Remote class
Registration

REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 26 Mar., 25 June, 28 Sep., 14 Dec.