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How social anxiety can undermine professional authority

I got promoted and now I have to manage people but I am so worried about being liked that I cannot give direct feedback and I know I am failing at leadership.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The need to be liked can conflict with the demands of responsibility, leaving us ineffective in both domains.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social anxiety and the barrier to belonging?”

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