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Prioritize the leadership qualities. With the said, I feel (personal opinion) we give leadership positions to people we “like”. Old or young, and not always the best leaders.
100%. Leaders don't need to be loved. They need to be respected. If you love them that's great, but leaders should be able to make tough decisions for the better of the whole even if unpopular.
I generally think experience is the best teacher, and the best leaders have been through some things. So that tends to eliminate some of the younger people, despite their educational background or apparent leadership potential. Having said that, if someone demonstrates superior talent, their relative youth shouldn't be held against them.
100%. I think the challenge with jr. people is that they are typically unproven, so putting a jr. person in a position of leadership is very risky. Will the person crumble under pressure? will the person act with integrity? These things usually just come with age and experience.
Combination of experience and leadership qualities, tenure shouldn’t be considered (though theoretically more tenure should mean more experience).
Both are needed to be a good leader in my opinion. You need the skills and the experience to lead a team effectively.
putting someone in a leadership means that people will follow. I think it depends on the scenario. Sometimes people will follow because the person is an SME, knows the org really well and can easily navigate enterprise challenges, or manages to keep the org alive (top revenue contributor, etc.). Don't think there is one rule. I think the key thing to ask is will the people follow and is the person a good steward of the organization.
This trend today of trashing people because they are older in preference to hiring younger, inexperienced but book smart leaders is just plain idiotic. Experience and tenure bring knowledge. Many of the theories taught to your young leaders have already been tried and proven wrong.