![]() ![]() Undermining authority can occur no matter the position held in an organization. It does require energy and distracts you from the job in hand but unfortunately this is a common scenario in the workplace and longer-term, you will benefit as a manager from the experience. Keep any emails or dates (descriptions) of when it happened and if their behaviour continues seek to meet with your supervisor’s supervisor to address the issue formally. Best advice, keep your wits about you, when an instance arises of your supervisor undermining your authority address it with them privately and quickly. you recommend changing a supplier for factual reasons and have proof, but your supervisor has the ear of upper management and doesn’t support your idea thus discrediting you – creating extra work to manage your own reputation internally.Īlways very difficult to catch the underminder out. They can be described as ‘outlaws’ (ignoring company and business best practice) ‘meddlers’ (interfering because they feel insecure about an aspect of their role so to detract attention from their own inabilities – busy themselves with others work to feel important).įor example, your immediate supervisor instructs your team to carry out tasks without your prior knowledge and forgets to update you, or publicly supports your decision or approach on a matter but privately does the opposite, e.g. These people display difficult behaviour but might not be difficult people. ![]() Undermining authority is when your immediate supervisor does what they think is right interferring in your area of responsibility oblivious to your feelings, job title and remit. It gets worse when the under miner is the ex spouse of your manager. ![]() The rest of your team sees this, and you know what happens they know now where the real power is placed and you are like a decorative king or queen, you have the title but not the authority and they will gravitate to that power like flies to the honey. Therefore, the hiring is denied and the position is given to the second runner up which was the person that this powerful person the under miner really wanted there. Faster than a speeding bullet or cup cakes disappear at a birthday celebration in a school the opportunity of that person to get the position disappears because this person does not like people of that ethnicity in the office and this person has great influence and power given by the office manager over you. You explain that is the candidate that you are submitting for the position in your office that is vacant and that will meet the needs of your customers and your office. You are sending the hiring package to HR and this person in the office sees the candidate in your office and asks you what is that person doing there. Example you want to hire a bilingual staff member that has great qualifications, certifications, education and over 10 years of experience. Undermining authority is when you are given a supervisory title but your manager that gave you the position allows one of your subordinates or anyone that should not have the power, to have the authority to overrule your decisions making it impossible for you to execute the duties of your position for the benefit of your department or unit instead of the hidden agendas of that individual allowed to undermine you. ![]()
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