your manager stopped fighting for you

A manager I once had climbed fast, Reader. Somewhere in that climb, she stopped asking questions and started deciding from a distance. Her team didn’t leave all at once — they left one at a time, starting with the people who used to tell her the truth. An old manager once told me: “The fastest way to lose your team is to forget what their day actually feels like.” I’ve thought about that line for years, mostly because it works both ways. If you’re the one being managed, trust erodes just as...