“Being promoted to manager is not all it was cracked up to be,” Muriel moaned.
“How so?” I asked.
“When I was part of the team, we were all collaborators, working together, solving problems, in general, we had a really good time at work. Now that I am the manager of the team, they don’t seem to respect me or my position.”
“Tell me more,” I prompted.
“I tell them how to solve a problem, and they go about trying to solve it in a different way. When I catch them not following my solution, they push back. They seem to question everything I say. It’s like I am in a big fight for respect.”
I smiled. “If you feel like you have to fight for respect, you are more likely to get a fight than respect.”