You are invited to join members of Vistage for their next speaker session, led by Joe Azzopardi on “Leading Across the Generations”
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Leading Across the Generations
Generational tension is one of the most overlooked barriers to workplace success—leading to miscommunication, disengagement, and high turnover. Joe's passion is equipping leaders with insights and strategies to turn generational differences into strengths. By using data-driven assessments and practical coaching, he helps businesses and community organisations create workplaces where every generation feels valued, engaged, and motivated to contribute.
As leaders we need to genuinely understand how our own leadership might contribute to generational tension and how we can address this.
This half-day workshop helps leaders address the hidden cost of generational tension and turn it into a competitive advantage. Through case studies, interactive exercises, and data-driven insights, participants learn to bridge leadership gaps, understand generational strengths, and apply the five characteristics of high-functioning intergenerational teams. Leaders leave with practical actions to boost retention, collaboration, and overall team performance.
In this session you will learn:
Understand the hidden costs of generational tension
Recognise the strengths and priorities of each generation in the workplace
Apply the Five Characteristics of high-functioning intergenerational teams
Identify immediate steps to improve retention, engagement, and collaboration
Key Take-aways
A clear picture of how generational dynamics are impacting yourr organisation
Practical strategies to bridge generational gaps and align team
A self-rating framework to assess and improve team performance
Actions you can implement within 30 days to boost retention and collaboration
About Joe Azzopardi
For over 20 years, Joe has been in roles, where connecting with people and driving meaningful change weren’t just part of the job — they were the job. From classrooms to lecture halls to large-scale events, he has built a career on engaging diverse groups, sparking honest conversations, and finding practical ways forward when perspectives clash.
As comfortable with a room full of senior executives as with emerging leaders, Joe brings the same direct, results-focused energy to both.
Not many people have a PhD in intergenerational relationships and wellbeing, and Joe has used that research to create practical, data-driven strategies that actually work in the real world.
His message is that one-size-fits-all programs don’t work — it’s about understanding your own organisation’s unique culture and then designing solutions that strengthen collaboration, improve retention, and set the stage for long-term success.
Joe, originally from Canada, is based in Toowoomba. Through Joe's work with corporate teams, schools, and faith-based organisations, he helps leaders identify what’s causing generational tension and provides actionable strategies to create mission-driven, high-performing teams.
Vistage members are high-integrity business leaders from a diverse range of industries who meet monthly to support each other and address the challenges of leading in these increasingly uncertain times.
The speaker session is the first part of a monthly all-day meeting and is attended by between 14 and 16 people. During the afternoon, Vistage members continue with their Executive Session. Our speakers are subject experts focused on stimulating active discussion with the group.
Attendance at Vistage meetings is for business leaders only and by invitation and subject to space availability , for this event we welcome Guests who are CEOs or Business Leaders. Please click here and register your interest.