S2EP 29- When Your Team Doesn't Respect Your Authority

When your title says “manager,” but your real influence keeps getting eroded, what do you do? In this episode, we analyse a real hospital leadership dilemma—exposing the hidden forces that keep managers powerless, why teams go above your head, and how to rebuild genuine authority through strategic alignment. Plus: tactics to move from powerless figurehead to respected leader, and how to avoid burnout trying to command what you don’t own.