Carnegie Industrial: The Leadership Development Centre
A director within the leadership development program of a large multinational organization must decide how to manage a very difficult conversation she must have with her assistant director. The assistant director, who is older and more experienced (although less educated), interviewed for the director's position and didn't get it. The assistant director has never been happy reporting to her much younger boss, and has felt consistently left out of major decisions. The assistant director had confronted the director about her feelings and threatened to resign. How should the director handle this difficult conversation?
Collection: Ivey Business School (Canada)
Ref: IVEY-9B08C002-E
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 6
Publication Date: Mar 11, 2008
Language: English
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A director within the leadership development program of a large multinational organization must decide how to manage a very difficult conversation she must have with her assistant director. The assistant director, who is older and more experienced (although less educated), interviewed for the director's position and didn't get it. The assistant director has never been happy reporting to her much younger boss, and has felt consistently left out of major decisions. The assistant director had confronted the director about her feelings and threatened to resign. How should the director handle this difficult conversation?
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Year: 2008
Geographic Setting: United States
Industry Setting: Manufacturing;
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