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When authority feels illegitimate to others and yourself

I got promoted but now I have to manage people who assume I do not deserve to be in charge.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Leadership without precedent requires constant negotiation of both external skepticism and internal doubt about the right to lead.

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