Middle Management Movement By Michelle Pascoe

Baby boomers aren't universally heading for retirement in Australia's hospitality and club industry, and overlooking their experience is a leadership mistake, not a succession plan, says Michelle Pascoe, a Certified Speaking Professional with over 30 years' hospitality experience. Many senior team members stay for financial, social, and purpose-driven reasons, not ambition. So if your senior team members aren't clocking out for retirement, what are they actually still showing up for? In this solo episode, Michelle draws together four conversations from across the month, with Kenny Ridgell, Cassie Davison, Patty Aubery, and Phillipa Fuller, to challenge the assumption that older staff are automatically on their way out. Leading a genuinely multigenerational team works because it treats resistance to change as a leadership design problem, not a generational one. Michelle explains why the experience sitting inside your most senior team members is often the exact knowledge your emerging managers need, and wh