Management Tip of the Day: 3 Tips for Leading People Older Than You

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile JUNE 28, 2011 3 Tips for Leading People Older Than You Seniority no longer reigns in today's organizations. In fact, it's not uncommon to manage people 10 or 20 years older than you. Leading is hard enough when you have experience on your side. Here are three ways to make sure your age doesn't betray you: Be confident. Start strong. Don't qualify your statements or ideas. Speak with conviction and assume that your ideas are good ones. Be open-minded. Balance your poise with an open mind. Put your proposals out there and then solicit opinions and ideas. Give your colleagues a voice. Ask for feedback regularly. Make sure people know you care about continuous improvement. They'll be more likely to give you useful feedback about your performance. Today's Management Tip was adapted from "Leading Older Employees" by Jodi Glickman. Read the full post and join the discussion » Share Today's Tip: FEATURED PRODUCT Harvard Business Review on Collaborating Effectively Harvard Business Review Paperback Series If you need the best practices and ideas for putting heads together—but don't have time to find them—this book is for you. Here are nine inspiring and useful perspectives, all in one place. This collection of HBR articles will help you forge strong relationships up, down, and across the org chart, build collaborative teams, know when not to collaborate, and more. ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Tip: PREVIOUS TIPS Do a Project Premortem to Avoid a Postmortem 3 Ways to Get What You Need from Design Praise as Much as You Criticize 3 Tips for Responding to Failure Do What Only You Can Do Know the 6 Steps in Cost/Benefit Analysis You Can Prevent Silo Thinking Use Constraint to Instigate Innovation Prepare Your Speech, but Be Ready to Change It 3 Rules for Making Your Writing Clear BEST SELLERS HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's Must Reads Library Set Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Better Business Writing Guide to Getting the Right Work Done Free HBR Interactive issue Download the iPad app HBR Reads, and get your issue with audio and video interviews and multimedia slideshows. Learn more » UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "Management Tip of the Day" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. OPT OUT If you do not wish to receive any email messages from Harvard Business Review, click here. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2011 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 800-545-7685 (+1-617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)