A nameplate can remain accurate administratively after the room has changed hands emotionally.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Paperwork lags the truth of a room. The name on the door remains correct in the records while everyone involved knows that the place has already changed hands in every way that matters, and the official version is the last thing to catch up. Institutions register endings slowly.

Expect that gap and do not read the official state as the real one. In your own life, notice where you are still formally in a position you have already left inwardly, or still listed as part of something you stopped being part of. Bringing the record into line with the reality is often a relief rather than a loss.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Who really holds the authority in a room you supposedly lead?

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