How long do you want to live? That’s the question Sonia Aranza, CEO and principal consultant at Aranza Communications, posed during a session on ageism at the SHRM INCLUSION 2023 conference on Nov. 1 in Savannah, Ga.
“Deep inside, we want to live a long life,” and that involves aging, she observed.
But there is a pronounced bias around age, Aranza said during the session “Unleash the Power of a Multigenerational Workforce and Confront Ageism.” Contributing to the prevalence of ageism is that for the first time in U.S. history, five generations are working side by side, as 25 percent of Baby Boomers and 2 percent of Traditionalists are part of the workforce.
