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“It’s important that you acknowledge that this relationship you have with your peers is going to change. It’s just part of the deal. And we need to be prepared for that.”  

I am friends with my peers in the workplace, but I’ve been promoted to now manage these peers. How do I go from peer to manager without making it awkward as hell for everyone? This isn’t an easy question, and the experts don’t always agree on the right answer, but Mike and Ethan still try to tackle it. In this episode, they discuss the pitfalls of failing to make adjustments to your relationships when you become a manager, the first steps to take as a new manager, how to build respect from the get-go, what to do if your former peers challenge your new authority, now to manage your relationship with a best friend that you now manager and other steps to take if you find yourself in this situation.

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t – Book by Robert Sutton