September 5, 2025
Boomers to Gen Z: Understanding and Leading Your Workforce [Rick Sticca & Matt Giebert] – Fri., Sept. 5
**Virtual Workshop**
Every generation believes that they are smarter than the one before and wiser than the one after. As Boomers and Gen X’ers manage Millennials and Gen Z’ers, conflict over workplace culture is rising. Learn about common issues and conflicts as well as strategies to either lead your staff or improve relationships with your coworkers from the Center for Mediation & Collaboration RI!
In this workshop, attendees will learn:
- Implicit Bias
- Characteristics of Different Generations in the Workplace
- How a Multi-generational Workforce Impacts the Workplace
- Strategies to Successfully Lead a Multi-generational Workforce
- Sticking Points & How to Get Unstuck
Registration is available online until Thursday, September 4 at 3pm. Workshop will take place virtually. Pre-registration is encouraged so that you can receive the zoom link in advance!
Rick Sticca retired as a General Manager/SVP at Progressive Insurance where he led an organization of 11 states and over 5000 people. He has experience in complex insurance litigation, operations management, and development of high performing teams. Rick is a Board Advisor at ADAS Safe and a consultant for QuantivRisk, both insurance adjacent startups. He is also an Adjunct Professor at New England Institute of Technology’s department of Business Management.
Matt Giebert is the Strategy & Development Director for the Center for Mediation & Collaboration Rhode Island. He has worked in fund development, communications, and administration for nonprofits across the state. His professional focus is building relationships and connecting people to resources to solve community-wide problems. As a mediator and trainer, Matt has worked to resolve conflict and educate Rhode Islanders in the tools for resolving conflicts themselves.
The Center for Mediation is recognized for its mediation services and high-quality training expertise. We are committed to increasing the peaceful resolution of conflict throughout the state. We raise public awareness of many values of mediation and encourage its use to address a broad variety of public and private disputes in a confidential, safe, and empowering process.