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What topics does Alex Atherton specialise in?
Alex Atherton specialises in talking about leadership coaching, Gen Z workforce, intergenerational team dynamics and more.
What is Alex Atherton's speaking style like?
Alex delivers insightful, engaging presentations on Generation Z, blending real experience with practical advice. His articulate style resonates with audiences, making complex topics accessible and actionable for leaders. AI summary based on real event feedback.
Does Alex Atherton offer virtual speaking engagements?
Yes, Alex Atherton offers virtual speaker bookings for webinars, online conferences, and remote or distributed team engagements.
In today's fast-changing job market, attracting and retaining Generation Z talent is a major challenge for organisations. Born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, Gen Z represents a significant generational shift, making traditional recruitment methods ineffective. Alex Atherton, a former secondary school headteacher, offers insights into this misunderstood generation. Through engaging talks, he provides practical strategies to bridge generational divides, helping leaders effectively motivate and retain young talent. Attendees will learn key Gen Z characteristics and effective recruitment and retention strategies.
Do age gaps hinder productivity, or do attempts at communication never quite connect? Are age and generation gaps an elephant in your organisation's room? In this talk, Alex examines the issues from a range of angles and demonstrates not only how to overcome them but also how to use them to move the organisation forward faster.
Senior leadership roles in the public sector are unbelievably tough. Our society needs high-quality people to do these jobs well, but there is little interest in their job satisfaction or health. People assume that senior leaders cannot have a problem given their ‘high salaries, big offices, and cushy jobs’. Senior leaders can also be poor at caring for their own development and well-being, too often aiming for survival at the cost of the outcomes they seek. In this talk, Alex describes what public sector leaders can learn from existing research and apply it to the best effect on their professional lives. He does so in the context of his public sector career and those he has worked with since.
Alex Atherton's keynote on managing the multigenerational workplace addresses the unprecedented age diversity in today's organisations, where four or more generations, from Baby Boomers to Gen Z, work side by side. This diversity offers unique opportunities and challenges, particularly in communication, technology, and work-life balance. Alex, passionate about age diversity, provides practical strategies to bridge generational divides. Attendees will learn to create inclusive environments that maximise each team member's potential.
Gen Z is reshaping the workplace with their unique perspectives and values, creating challenges in recruitment and retention for many organisations. Often, there's a disconnect as older generations struggle to understand Gen Z's aspirations, affecting motivation and engagement. Alex Atherton, a former secondary school headteacher, offers insights into this misunderstood generation. His talks provide practical strategies to bridge generational divides, helping leaders effectively motivate and retain young talent. Attendees will learn key Gen Z characteristics and strategies for successful engagement.
