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How to manage when your authority is questioned due to immigrant status

I got promoted to manager but three people on my team have made comments about immigrants taking jobs from real Americans and I do not know how to lead people who question my right to be there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The challenge of exercising leadership while navigating subordinates who view your success as illegitimate or threatening to their own belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.