Our team lead got promoted to director and now they're in meetings where decisions get made about our work, but they still try to collaborate with us like before and we can't tell when they're asking for input versus just informing us nicely. The power dynamic shifted but we're all pretending it didn't.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group struggles to adapt to new power structures while maintaining relationships that were built under different conditions.
“Where Are You with Civil disobedience across traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.