Coaching practices for How to Win Over Jealous Subordinate Who is Mocking Me After My Promotion
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- I come across as so buttoned-up and serious that people stay a little stiff around me, and I want to lighten it by laughing at myself
- When I try to reassure myself I’m actually good at this, I come up empty
- I want to learn to feel genuine joy for people who do well, but if I imagine a rival succeeding I just curdle
- My boss keeps checking in and hovering over my work, and it makes me feel untrusted
- I keep delivering work I’m proud of and it somehow lands flat with my boss, and I’m realizing I have no real idea what they’re actually being judged on or pressured about
Practices that may help
- Use self-deprecating humor — selectively
Laughing at yourself in a low-stakes moment signals security and reduces social distance.
The Pratfall Effect, Made Practical - Keep an evidence log
Record concrete proof of your competence to counter the brain’s habit of discounting it.
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Made Practical - Directed mudita meditation
Systematically send sympathetic joy to easy, neutral, and difficult targets — in that order.
Mudita: How to Cultivate Sympathetic Joy - Send proactive, brief status updates
Update your manager on important work before they ask — in the format and frequency they actually want.
Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss - Map your manager’s top three priorities
Know what your manager is measured on and being pressured about — your work lands differently when it connects to that.
Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss - Signal credibility without claiming it
Let your knowledge show through questions and specifics, not through declarations of expertise.
The Trust Equation, Made Practical - Build an achievement file
Keep a permanent, specific record of accomplishments so evidence is available when the impostor voice is loudest.
Impostor Phenomenon, Made Practical - Practice owning your contribution in group settings
In team debrief or credit-distribution conversations, name your specific contribution before someone else summarizes it away.
Impostor Phenomenon, Made Practical - Build a credibility foundation before showing vulnerability
The pratfall effect only works if people already perceive you as competent — so earn that first.
The Pratfall Effect, Made Practical - Teach speak-up skills, not just encourage speaking up
Give team members specific language for raising concerns, not just permission to raise them.
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