You can't fire your boss - by marcusf - Midnight Manager
Someone I’m coaching is going through a manager transition. They loved their previous boss, but are finding it challenging to work with the new one. They came to me for some advice on what they should do, and that got me thinking: What can you do, what should you do, and what are the dynamics of a situation like this? Let’s analyze it together.
First off, what can and should you do? Seemingly there’s two paths: Stay or go. The most direct answer is to go. You don’t like your manager, so what you do is get a new job. This new job may be in the same company, or at another company. This is the maximum agency move that internalizes control directly. It is however also the most one way door, really big and scary decision you can take, for two reasons.
First of all, you’re walking away from a context you know well and have probably been successful in, as a reaction to one person. That’s a lot of power you’re investing into that person over your own life. Second, practically, it’s May 2024, not May 2021. High paying executive jobs aren’t exactly flying off the shelves.
