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Overseeing Workers Who Are Closer in Age Your Parents

Among the skills young managers and entrepreneurs need to manage older workers are the ability to listen and be open-minded, says Justin Schaldone, a 25-year-old director of marketing at eFashionSolutions, an e-commerce company in Secaucus, N.J. If an older employee disagrees with your way of doing things, offer to hear the person out, he advises. Because they typically have more work experience under their belt, older workers may be more comfortable with a method they've previously used, he explains.