Managing a Former Peer

Being in charge is one thing. Being believed is another. Here’s what happens in the space between.

There’s nothing lonelier than a promotion no one claps for.

Not failure. People at least rally around that. They buy you coffee. Slack you sad emojis.

But when you move up? When you’re the one who got picked?

No one knows where to stand. Especially your old peers. Especially the ones who didn’t get picked.

Some pretend nothing’s changed. Others go quiet, wa…