Post-Summit Workshop
Leading High-Performing Multigenerational Teams with Clarity and Confidence
Thursday, 26 February 2026
Dr Ellen Joan Ford
Leadership & Future of Work Expert
Ellen Joan Ford
In today’s evolving workplace, the ability to lead high-performing, multigenerational teams is essential. This one-day workshop supports leaders to build the capabilities needed to lead diverse, multigenerational teams with clarity, confidence, and purpose. In a world of rapid change and evolving expectations, leadership must be adaptive, inclusive, and grounded in values. Participants will explore how to foster belonging, autonomy, and purpose across their teams, and why this matters for performance, retention, and wellbeing.
This workshop will equip leaders with practical tools and insights to lead diverse, multigenerational teams, enhancing communication, building inclusive cultures, and strengthening leadership capability for today’s changing world of work. This workshop draws on Ellen Joan Ford’s leadership model of Belonging, Autonomy and Purpose, and integrates principles from her keynote topics including #WorkSchoolHours, Authentic Leadership and “Stop Trying to Fix Women… and Start Fixing the System”.
Key Learning Objectives
Communicating with Clarity and Confidence
Explore how clarity in communication builds trust and engagement across diverse teams. Learn to adapt communication styles to different audiences and generations, and practice techniques that support inclusive, values-driven leadership.
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Understand generational and cultural communication preferences
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Strengthen verbal and non-verbal clarity
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Build confidence in adaptive messaging across diverse contexts
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Building and Leading High-Performing Teams in a Changing World
Leadership today requires more than managing performance, it’s about creating environments where people thrive. Explore how to foster cohesion, accountability, and psychological safety in teams navigating change, complexity, and diversity.
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Diagnose team dynamics and health
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Foster trust, autonomy, and shared purpose
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Align leadership practices with evolving workforce expectations
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Adapting Leadership Across Generations and Diverse Experiences
Effective leadership is inclusive leadership. Learn how to engage and empower team members across generations, backgrounds, and lived experiences, recognising the strengths that diversity brings.
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Identify motivational drivers across age and identity
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Explore inclusive leadership strategies
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Apply the Belonging, Autonomy and Purpose model to real-world leadership challenges
Agenda
9:00
Welcome and Framing the Day
Setting intentions and co-creating a safe, inclusive learning space
Overview of the workshop structure and themes
Personal reflection: What does leadership mean to you today?
9:30
Communicating with Clarity and Confidence
Exploring generational and cultural communication styles
Techniques for clarity, confidence, and connection
Adapting messages for diverse audiences
11:00
Morning Tea
11:30
Adapting Leadership Across Generations and Diverse Experiences
Understanding motivators across age, background, and identity
Inclusive leadership in action: stories and discussion
Applying Belonging, Autonomy and Purpose to your leadership
12:50
Lunch
1:30
Building and Leading High-Performing Teams in a Changing World
Diagnosing team dynamics and fostering cohesion
Strategies for trust, accountability, and shared purpose
Group reflection: what does a thriving team look like?
3:00
Afternoon Tea
3:20
Real-World Scenarios & Leadership Challenges
Navigating leadership dilemmas in diverse teams
Facilitated discussion and shared insights
Final reflections and leadership commitments