Your fifteen-year veteran and your two-year hire clash over something that should've taken five minutes, and neither one is wrong. Two of your managers give completely different feedback on the same person, and neither one is lying; they're just coaching to two different definitions of "good." Most leaders read moments like these as generational friction. They're not. They're a leadership playbook that no longer matches the workforce it's meant to lead.
In this session, Lauren Fregonese will break down four leadership assumptions that built yesterday's success and are now quietly costing organizations their best people, at every level of tenure, not just the newest hires. Drawing on more than 20 years working inside organizations including KPMG, Alvarez & Marsal, Javara Research, and JRM Construction Management, Lauren will show you how to spot which of these assumptions is running the show inside your teams, and what to build instead.
You will explore real examples of how outdated assumptions about generational differences, defined success, and knowledge transfer show up in day-to-day leadership decisions, and how those assumptions quietly compound into turnover, blocked innovation, and inconsistent performance across a team. Through live diagnosis, you will identify which assumption is most active in your own organization in real time.
Whether leading a mixed-tenure team, building a succession plan, or trying to close a widening capability gap, you will leave able to name the exact assumption costing you your best people, and a clear next step for fixing it.
