New boss, new rules

Nowy lider a niewidzialne zasady

Zofia introduces a single decision centre into a team that previously worked more horizontally. The unwritten working contract changes without anyone naming it.

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I’ll sort it out with the client and come back with a decision.

From now on, all client decisions go through me.

We’ve lost the information and the ownership.

Finally, someone is holding the project together.

We can’t be accountable for the result if we don’t have access to the conversation.

I don’t need a second command centre.

I’ll lead the key negotiations. You lead the technical decisions.

And everyone sees the notes.

Zofia increases control because one decision centre means clear accountability to her. Olek and Jonas were used to direct influence and full access to information. The same arrangement therefore feels like order to her and lost trust to them. When leadership changes, name the new working contract explicitly: who leads which conversations, who decides, who owns the result and where everyone can see the agreements.