How do you deal with the feeling that some of your peers are threatened by your leadership position? I’ve noticed some colleagues aren’t exactly supportive, and a few of my direct reports feel like they’ve been passed over for the role I was just promoted to. I don't need to be liked by everyone, but some respect would be nice.

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Sometimes it’s a hard pill to swallow that someone else was selected over you for a promotion. Realize this likely isn’t about you, it’s about their feelings about their own lack of progress. So be humble and kind and let them settle into your being their new manager.

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Are these people you've worked with as colleagues, and now you are their leader? Respect for one another in the workplace, as humans who are teammates, is a given. Professionalism should be the bare minimum. Beyond that, what are you doing differently now to earn their trust as their new leader?

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You'll only get respect by earning it. However you do that is up to you. But you can't just demand respect because you hold a particular position. Your work will have to speak for itself. Don't resent having to prove yourself, that's just the way it works.

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Stop caring what they think and say … there’s zero gain … charge ahead

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There’s a lot here

You talked about your feelings then you talked about supportiveness and then you talked about respect

You also added a multidirectional element to it, peers and direct reports

Happen all the time. You just have to be patient and prove that you are better.

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