I am taking on the Project Leader role on a project (not promoted yet) and the project’s previous PL, who I’m taking over for, is hyper on my throat...policing my prioritization of work, joining a call late and re-clarifying something I already covered with the client, etc.

How to appropriately provide feedback to them to give me autonomy and agency?

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You haven’t earned their trust / they feel strong ownership over the work.

Option A - they roll off, you do what you want
Option B - they stay involved, you need to build trust with them

One strategy = spending more time with them to discuss your plans/prioritization of work in advance. Then you get their knowledge, and they shouldn’t call you out in mtgs / you can reasonably give them feedback

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