IELTS Writing Task 2/ IELTS Essay:
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
Directors and managers of organizations are often older people. Some people say that younger people should be leaders.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
Model by Thay Gia 17 Jan 2021
A balanced approach- Thesis- led

The world is indeed witnessing a wave of young talented powerful leaders in various fields. Therefore, it is argued that more and more young people should be promoted to be leaders given the fact that it is customary for older leaders to lead companies and organizations. From my perspective, although young leadership can offer some freshness and innovation to a company, more experienced senior employees are more suitable to be in the decision making positions.
Admittedly, what a young leading employee offers to the company is his endless spirit and excitement. These people are thirsty for success and therefore may vie hard to show their capabilities. Young leaders often bring fresh perspectives, energy, a technological know-how that can push the company to another level. However, their decisions are often driven by emotion, so they are often quickly made and risky concerning the fate of the company. Therefore, young people should be guided by senior ones, who used to be young and fresh, but now calmer and much more experienced with higher EQ.
One good explanation for organizations to choose older and senior employees to be their manager or leader is the fact that these people often work for the company for a long time during which they have proven their loyalty, creditability, ability and built up their experience through hardships and failures. . Another reason for choosing older experienced as leaders is that they have more authority which is needed to lead the team and others. They also sound much more convincing, and reliable when dealing with complex situations like complaints from customers or riots from competitors. Last but not least, older leaders usually show a deeper sense of responsibility, which is often lacking in the young, when leading people.
To conclude, not because we are seeing some world-renowned young leaders with impressive success means that young leaders are more suitable to be leaders in organizations than older ones. Though the young minds can offer freshness, innovative ideas, energy, older leaders are more reliable, responsible and experienced in managerial and leading positions. I believe that companies should take advantage of the young employees’ input and initiatives, but reserve the leading roles for senior experienced, time-honoured personnel.
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