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I live this reality. My brother (whom I trained 15 years into my career and still doesn’t know half as much as me) is regularly my supervisor these days. He was promoted over me because has no problem lying to his superiors about the job while I have been punished for being professional, objective, and open about potential issues and difficulties that may arise. I was passed over due to INTEGRITY! It makes for a toxic work environment where ass-kissing is rewarded. He leads with fear while I would have lead with honesty and appreciation. I’ll probably end up changing careers over it.
IMO, maybe your situation is entirely different, but your employers set you up for failure by failing to promote from within. You’ll now be the victim of their shitty work culture.
Cool. I’d suggest you lead with friendliness and compassion. Reward good work and firmly (vary your tone by the severity) rectify bad work. Don’t cross any personal lines and don’t lose your cool when doling out corrective instructions. If your crew knows that they will be rewarded for goodwill work, they will give you amazing work. Make it fun for them but be careful to make sure to toe the line between boss and friend. I find that if I get too silly, people don’t take the job seriously enough…and when I’m too firm, they quickly become enemies.
Good luck and remember that your ego (which is pretty evident from your description of why you’re being promoted and your hard work) is going to cause a LOT of resentment. I’m sure you’ll find that at least a few people on your staff started out just like you and had that ambition beaten out of them.