Does anyone have experience in being promoted and given opportunities beyond their years of experience/tenure? How did you protect relationships with colleagues who feel slighted or threatened?
Be transparent. Not you but your leadership. Usually people do not like chaotic things happening around especially those who are trained to be structured.
Read Buddy to Boss it was insightful.
I've never had this situation, but I think I might take a look at this. I've made friends with most of my managers and have actually hung out with a few of them outside work. I've always managed to keep the work respect intact and never let it influence my productivity. If anything I work harder for them cuz I don't want to let down a friend. Makes me curious what this person thinks about that.
Part of it is a really significant age gap so it's tough to have meaningful social interactions. I'm the youngest on the team by a minimum of 10 years (non-tech). Lots of comments like "wunderkind" or "boy genius" that I'm sure are well intended but really bother me.
Ha. Going through this now. Building a team and people I was close with are more snippy and quick to judge my decisions harshly. I can use some pointers here. Reminds me of how everyone is critical of their bosses for every little thing. Should I just get used to this?
In my experience you move teams at some point and it all goes away. It never worked with the same team, they never view you as anything different.
I was the youngest in my team too. It took time but eventually it worked out for me. Now, they see me as someone who is doing their job. I did have to sit down 1 or 2 people and explain it to them. Being a lead/manager you gotta do it.
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It’s great when you’re the one promoted 😂