Challenge to Manage: Seniors in the Team
How to deal with the Challenge of managing Senior Resource in Team? Globalization combined with increasing competition for revenue and profitability has created opportunities which are un-imagined in developing places. This has triggered the in-organic growth of people with talent, or those who found themselves in right place at right time. How do we deal with resources who are Senior by age and experience and you happen to be the fortunate to lead the team? This definitely is not rocket-science but needs skill and sensitivity and is mandatory for all those who wish to continue, the in-organic growth to success. Here is a 5-point checklist: #1. Respect the experience and seniority; you earn respect by giving respect, not demanding one. #2. Do not try to dominate them by Hierarchy, demonstrate leadership by Knowledge and Innovation. #3. Empowering them for key-challenges helps handle the ego and minimize the initial resistance. #4. Leverage the experience to delega...