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| Dear Unrationalist, |
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| I'm
a 33-year-old engineer and was recently promoted to
my first supervisory position. The young people (who used
to be my friends) think they know more than I do. I
thought the opposite was supposed to happen when you got
promoted! And the older folks, who used to help me, treat
me like I'm irrelevant. It is very frustrating and I am
almost sorry that I took the promotion. What should I do?
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Caught in the Middle |
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| Dear Caught, |
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could tell you to have a meeting with both groups, explain
your expectations and forge a partnership with them. And you
know, it might just work! But, let's get unrational for a
minute. Your kids (i.e. your ex-friends) want to fit in and
they are wondering if you are old enough to help make that
happen. Now they would never admit this. So, with them, forget
about performance and start judging them (in quiet and cunning
ways) on their dress, communication style, presentations, etc.
They'll come around in short order.
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| As
for your older team members, they have already figured out
the game. They know that they belong. They want to make sure
that a task is the right thing to do before they do it.
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| Start
your conversations with the question: "Do you think
this is right . I'm not sure." Always remember, you have to
lead from the stages of life-both yours and theirs.
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The Unrationalist |
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