nearly 10,000 leaders around the world in 2018 and found nearly half said their organizations have done nothing to help older workers find new careers.describes the stigma older workers can face. At worst, they can be seen as disagreeable luddites who avoid change and can't use technology.Harvard Business Review
found that stereotypes about older people's ability to learn new tasks can interfere with the training they receive, at least in a lab setting. Even people's beliefs about what other people think of them can interfere with their work performance, the researchers write. Yet the business case for employing older workers is strong. More seasoned professionals can be bastions of institutional knowledge and have seen their organization and industry evolve.by the decision-making tool Cloverpop found that business teams with a wide age range made more decisions with positive outcomes than teams with a narrow age range.
Ferland said the best way to address ageism and expand opportunities for older workers is to measure employers' progress on those fronts. Employers should be tracking their efforts to hire and promote older workersAs for companies that don't work toward these goals? Ferland told them, "You will be left behind."
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