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Rachele Focardi Keynote Speaker

Named among the “6 Most Influential Women in the New World of Work”
Awarded the “Pioneer” title for generational equity
Published Generazioni a confronto (ROI Edizioni, 2024)

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Rachele Focardi's Biography

Rachele Focardi is a global pioneer in Multigenerational Workforce Dynamics, TEDx speaker, best-selling author, MENSA member, and a Certified Human Development Professional with Excellence. With over two decades of experience, she helps organizations, governments, and universities harness the power of intergenerational collaboration to drive innovation, foster inclusion, and fuel positive change. Named a LinkedIn Top Voice for her thought leadership, she lectures at USI University in Switzerland, Duke Corporate Education, and Emeritus, and chairs the Multigenerational Workforce Committee at the ASEAN Human Development Organization.

As founder of XYZ@Work, Rachele partners with Fortune 500 companies and institutions worldwide to transform how people collaborate across ages. Her engagements span keynote speaking, strategic advisory, leadership transformation, and custom-designed workshops, grounded in global research on generational drivers, values, and collaboration. She authored the widely acclaimed Reframing Generational Stereotypes (McGraw Hill, 2020), published in multiple languages, and created DUO—a two-way mentoring program fostering authentic, cross-generational learning. In 2024, she expanded her thought leadership with the release of Generazioni a confronto (ROI Edizioni), offering further insights into generational dynamics in the workplace.

Featured on CNN, Channel News Asia, Harvard Business Manager, and Forbes, Rachele provides organizations with actionable insights into leadership, performance, career mobility, and purpose. She offers a forward-looking perspective on how generational shifts reshape industries, empowering leaders to harness the strengths of their multigenerational workforce. She continues to conduct research and share strategies that unite teams, boost engagement, and spark lasting positive change.

Working Across Generations

Building awareness and empathy to foster better collaboration among age-diverse teams. → For all employees.

Leading Multigenerational Teams

Equipping leaders with tools and mindsets to engage, inspire, and develop talent across generations. → For people managers and senior leaders.

Designing Inclusive Talent Strategies

Embedding generational intelligence into your culture, leadership, and talent planning. → For HR, DEI, and employer brand teams.

Decoding Gen Z

What Gen Z wants, how they work, and how to engage them as employees, consumers, and change agents.

Thriving as Gen Z in a Multigenerational Workplace

Helping early-career professionals navigate the workplace, understand older generations, and make their voice count.

Purpose Across Generations

How to unlock purpose as a shared motivator—and use it to align people, impact, and meaning across age groups.

From Stereotypes to Strategy

Understanding generational context to bridge divides, drive collaboration, and create lasting positive change.

Additional focus areas include:

Multigenerational EVP design • Performance drivers across generations • Career mobility and development pathways • Industry transformation through a generational lens • Purpose alignment • Employer branding across ages • Generational trends shaping both workplace and consumer behavior.