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Why Age Insecurity Leads to Overcompensation

I'm the youngest executive here and I overcompensate by being harsh with my team to seem authoritative.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Perceived deficits in traditional authority markers can lead to performative behaviors that contradict personal values.

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