My department head and I are supposed to be collaborating on this reorganization but she keeps asking for my input and then ignoring it and I keep giving input anyway because I don't know how to name what's happening without sounding like I'm questioning her authority.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are trapped in a pseudo-collaborative dynamic where one person's power makes honest feedback impossible.
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