Age Discrimination in Leadership

Overcoming age discrimination in leadership roles

Thinking back to when I was young, maybe 5, I thought that my brother was old even though he was only 4 years older than I was. 

When I was 12 years old, I applied to be a volunteer at our local fire department. 

The thing that I liked most about being there, attending the trainings, and going out and working the fires was that in this department, everyone was glad to have help.

This continued throughout my 20s. Finally, I was hired by an exceptional company. They immediately put me in a leadership role, and I excelled. They asked me to move up, and we accepted the position. Again, through God’s grace, I was able to excel. Then our company was bought out. The new upper leadership loved my style and the way I communicated. Even though I was younger, they still pushed me to excel. Then, all of a sudden, our department changed leadership. The new leadership went back to the “old school” thinking: you have to have a college degree and be a certain age before you can attain manager status.

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