As the team leader, you need to maintain professionalism and respect for older employees when communicating. The following are the recommended step-by-step communication plans and precautions： **1. Communication strategy recommendations** 1. **Communicate separately in advance** -Give priority to one-on-one conversations (online/offline) and avoid public notifications -Sample opening remarks: "Teacher Wang, regarding next week's XX project, I would like to communicate with you about the personnel arrangements separately. . . " 2. **Focus on project needs and explain the reasons** -Emphasize the particularity of urgent tasks rather than age itself -It can be expressed as: "This task requires continuous stay up late and rush to work + high-frequency on-site technical support, taking into account the intensity of work. . . (Instead of "young people are more able to endure hardship")" 3. **Affirm long-term value** -Specific recognition of past contributions: "Your experience in system stability is very important to us, and you need to check it in the subsequent YY stage." -Provide an alternative plan: "In fact, I hope you can guide the young team to complete the basic work and focus on the structural review at the end of the month." **2. Formal notification template** **Subject of the email**: Description of the arrangement of XX project personnel **Text content**： Dear team members： In view of the XX emergency project that will be launched next week, after a comprehensive assessment of the current project requirements (72 consecutive hours of cross-time zone collaboration/high-frequency on-site deployment and other special requirements), the following personnel arrangements have been made： 1. Project execution team: Zhang, Li, etc. (young members) will be mainly responsible. . . [Specific responsibilities] 2. Technical support team: Wang Gong and Liu Gong will be provided as technical consultants. . . [Specific support content] 3. Follow-up focus: The second phase (date) of the project will require more senior colleagues. . . [Specific needs] We are well aware of the professional value of each member, and this arrangement is only for the needs of this special project. A project briefing will be held at 10:00 on Wednesday. All colleagues are welcome to participate and make suggestions. [Your name] [Contact information] **3. Key points of risk management** 1. **Self-examination of legal risks** What legal risks may be involved in the plan? Review the provisions of local labor laws on age discrimination (especially in the European Union/United States and other regions) to ensure： -No written mention of age-related words -Have objective project requirements records (such as proof of frequency of business trips, etc.) 2. **Hidden cost control** -Synchronously arrange visible tasks of equal value for older employees -Arrange for him to lead another key project in the next 2-3 weeks -Consider establishing a "mentor mechanism" to allow older employees to gain new organizational roles 3. **Follow-up observation indicators** -Satisfaction with one-to-one communication after the project -The number of unsolicited proposals from older employees in the next 3 months -Changes in the frequency of use of the team knowledge sharing system **4. Reference to alternative solutions** More flexible processing methods can be considered： 组建 Set up a mixed-age group (young employees are responsible for external docking, and older employees are responsible for quality control) ⋆ Set up a shift system to allow different ages to undertake emergency response at different times 公开 Public list of project characteristics for employees to sign up independently Finally, it is recommended to adjust the communication strategy based on the specific circumstances of your team (industry characteristics, corporate culture, past cooperation models of employees, etc.). Maintaining transparency and consistency is the key.