We promoted someone from within the team to be our manager six months ago and it's not working but none of us know how to address it because she's still our friend and colleague. The dynamics are weird and we're all pretending everything is fine while slowly losing respect for the leadership structure.
More people experience this than they realize.
A friend you promoted isn't doing well as manager, and no one knows how to say so without hurting the friendship.
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