Lessons from a Younger Leader | George Penyak | Episode 30

E30
49:59
January 24th 2018

Age is often related to leadership; however, just because someone is older does not mean that they are a better leader. Millennials today are slowly taking over the workforce for their creativity, drive, imagination. My guest in this episode, George Penyak, is just that. Despite being the youngest member of his sales team, he is the team lead.

In this episode, we discuss what it means to be a younger or millennial leader when dealing with a group of employees who are older and have more experience.

Lessons from a Younger Leader Topics

Here are the topics which we cover during this interview:

His background and story
How he came into a leadership role
How did his subordinates take the news of his promotion to their supervisor
What strategies has he employed in dealing with older subordinates
What challenges have arisen from directing older subordinates and how he overcame them
What advice he has for anyone who’s about to begin leading older subordinates

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