You’ve recently been promoted to a supervisory position

You’ve recently been promoted to a supervisory position and are now responsible for

coordinating the work of four other employees. Two of these workers are more than

20 years older than you are, and both have been with the company much longer than

you have. Although you’ve tried to be supportive of them and have gone out of your

way to praise their work, whenever there is some kind of disagreement, they go to your

boss with the problem. You’ve asked them repeatedly to come to you with whatever

issues they have; they just ignore you and complain to other workers about reporting to

someone your age. Design a strategy for dealing with these workers and your manager