Managing Elder Subordinates: 5 Ice Tips
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The article "Managing Elder Subordinates: 5 Ice Tips" is about management, it has been written by Kannan Balakrishnan.
My subordinates are really expreienced and older than me. How do I control them?
Ramesh asked me.
He was just 26 and working in a managerail position in a multinational company.Ramesh's trouble is not isolated. Many times, young managers feel unhappy and embarrassed by elder subordinates.
This results in total dissatisfaction of the employee and also bad work atmosphere. But you can avoid that by following the five principles gvien below.1. Be soft but firm.Elders often get irritated by a harsh tone from a yuong manager.
But you can be conveying the same feelings in a calm cool voice. This will not hurt him.
For example for a late coming person, the question "why are you late yesterday?" can be put in many ways some of which hurting and some really gnetle but firm.2. Try to understand their issues.Elders may have many issues which may seem irrelevant to you.
This may incldue health related problems, family matters etc. A boss who understands them is more liked than a pesron who is indifferent to them and demands work without consideration.3. Value the experience.Many times the experience of an employee can be useful in handilng situations.
You as a manager can get their opinion about the trobule at hand and try to improvise on the solution.
Also discussions with elders valiung their opinions will be really much helpful to you in maintaining a relationship.4. Give them the pride by delegating.After some time you get a feel of the capabilities and limtiations of each. If you find a subordinate caapble you can make him feel important by delegating important work to him. Only thing is that he should not have a feeilng that you're delegating cause of your incapability.5. Keep your cool.In spite of all these, if you find that the situation is tense or unpleasant, try to keep your cool and hadnle it. It may even be better to levae it as it is for some time before you handle it. A gap may reduce the tension in the atmosphere.Kannan Balakrishnan is a budding indian wrtier. He continuously writes on a variety of topics like website design, computer science, self improvemnet etc. Now his thougths are presented through celebrated blog http://www.Kbwrites.Blogspot.Com
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