Here is another valuable Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review. To sign up for a free subscription to any/all HBR newsletters, please click here.

Seniority no longer reigns in today’s organizations.

In fact, it’s not uncommon to manage people 10 or 20 years older than you. Leading is hard enough when you have experience on your side. Here are three ways to make sure your age doesn’t betray you:

Be confident. Start strong. Don’t qualify your statements or ideas. Speak with conviction and assume that your ideas are good ones.

Be open-minded. Balance your poise with an open mind. Put your proposals out there and then solicit opinions and ideas. Give your colleagues a voice.

Ask for feedback regularly. Make sure people know you care about continuous improvement. They’ll be more likely to give you useful feedback about your performance.

Today’s Management Tip was adapted from “Leading Older Employees” by Jodi Glickman.

To read that article and join the discussion, please click here.

Actually, those in need of a far more comprehensive source of infirnation and counsel are advised to check out Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order, co-authored by Peter Cappelli and Bill Novelli and published by Harvard Business Review Press (2011).