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Workforce Readiness Initiative

Mature Workforce Initiative

Changing the world of work for every generation

Rising retirements and a shrinking supply of younger workers are transforming the workplace. The Conference Board Mature Workforce Initiative is committed to helping employers engage and develop mature employees within the rapidly changing multigenerational workplace. Our evolving work is validated by frequent interaction with our 2,000 member companies as we respond to their emerging business issues.

The Mature Workforce Initiative uses The Conference Board's proven forums of conferences, councils, and research working groups to help executives find strategies and solutions for a maturing and multigenerational workplace. Participating senior executives:

Funding for the Initiative is generously provided by The Atlantic Philanthropies.

We invite you to learn more about the Mature Workforce Initiative by contacting Katherine Solis at 212-339-0482, or by e-mailing her at katherine.solis@conference-board.org.

Changes and Choices The Rapidly Evolving Business Cases for Employing Mature Workers

Mature Workforce Initiative findings show there is no one-size-fits-all business case for hiring and retaining mature workers. Depending on their industry, leadership, and corporate culture, companies will use these employees in different ways. Organizations will employ more mature workers than ever before, due to the number of baby boomers reaching retirement age who wish to continue working either because they feel they have many productive years ahead of them or because the economic downturn has left them financially unable to retire.

Answers uncovered through the Mature Workforce Initiative dispel myths and lay groundwork for a reexamination of the role mature workers can play in modern corporations. This report guides employers through research produced for the Mature Workforce Initiative by theme. It also points out which issues still need exploration as mature workers help rebuild the global economy.

The Conference Board Employer-Practices Locator: Mature Workforce

The Conference Board has just launched our new Employer-Practices Locator, a searchable catalog of company practices related to mature workforce issues, is a tool for tracking the latest ideas and practices in this rapidly changing field.

Research and Member Resources

Clearing Paths for Critical Foreign Talent to Work in the United States
The future growth of many smaller businesses may depend upon recruiting highly skilled foreign workers for key jobs. That means becoming better acquainted with the complexities of the immigration code.

Gray Skies, Silver Linings
Executives in need of frank, bottom-line answers to the questions raised by boomer retirements will find them in this report.

U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update
Revised projections for U.S. Salary increase budgets in 2010 have dipped below 3 percent for the first time in more than two decades, barely staying ahead of The Conference Board’s forecasted inflation rate.

Councils

Council on Executive Coaching
This Council is dedicated to its members learning about, sharing, creating and implementing Executive Coaching best practices and protocols that will drive business results and develop individuals within organizations.

Leadership Forum: Ethics + Business Performance
This forum is a unique leadership development opportunity limited to 15 high potential leaders who report to the CEO and are being groomed for advancement.

Managing an Aging Workforce in the Nonprofit Sector
This working group will address challenges related to aging and a multigenerational workforce that may have a tremendous impact on the stability, growth, and potential of the nonprofit sector in coming years.

Events

The Future of Business Roundtables

Leadership Experience at Gettysburg

Conference KeyNotes: Human Capital Metrics
Predicting Success Through People