When Subordinates Have More Leadership Skills Than You

TAKING OFF THE ARMOR
4 min readAug 9, 2021

How to collaborate and manage subordinates with higher skill sets

commons.wikimedia.org

“Ma’am, my leadership is pretty upset with me.” the service member stated

“Why is that?” I asked.

“Well, I was explaining what their role was in the situation, and my commander seemed put off by this.”

--

--

TAKING OFF THE ARMOR

Hi! I am a Veteran, Mom, nurse, writer, educator, blogger, and podcaster. Here to share issues impacting military transition. (Which impacts civilians too.)