All,

This is an extremely personal topic for me, but unfortunately, I am a one-person shop and do not have another peer in my agency I can take this to.  I have been a member of this List-serv for a while now and believe its members to have a wide range of experiences - hopefully wide enough to give me some advice.

Has anyone else had experience with hierarchy shifts where the current director of a facility advances and becomes a supervisor and you yourself got moved from another location into their old position (basically your predecessor is your supervisor)?  Keep in mind that you both used to be the same rank/pay but at different locations.  I was at the equivalent of the local/regional office while they were at a specific facility.  Now we've switch locations; I am at a specific location and they took over my old supervisor's post at the local office - my old position was not filled due to budget cuts.

I'm having some difficulties with "letting go" coupled with "I've done this longer/older than you" syndromes (20 years experience to my 10+ and early 70s to my early 30s) and would greatly appreciate some advice.  I want to view this person as a mentor, but feel I'm not taken seriously nor as a professional with some experience.  I would like to be seen as a professional, but feel the duties and responsibilities they once enjoyed in my current position have transferred up with them, rather than staying with my position.  This dynamic is starting to erode my authority with my volunteers and my Foundation; I am just not sure how to broach this subject with my supervisor but know something needs to be done before it seriously affects my Museum.

I would appreciate any thoughts; please contact me off-list.

Respectfully,

Terri Bedore
Director, USAF Security Forces Museum

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