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Scenario

How co-managers navigate unclear authority when both are learning leadership

My department head and I are both new to management and we're supposed to be figuring this out together but we keep stepping on each other's authority with our shared reports and neither of us wants to admit we don't really know what we're doing.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are trying to appear competent in a shared role neither fully understands.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Agriculture — Farming & Crop Production?”

Peri

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