I went through a betrayal at my last job that broke my heart.

Someone who reported to me, that I thought was a good friend, had been talking negatively about me. Then when a new board chair came along and a new board, they let me go, and my “right hand” did not back me up. It was tough. I had been there over 12 years and invested so much in all of my employees. Now I am in a new Director role, and have discovered that I have developed social anxiety. I am afraid to assert myself and I over- accommodate for staff who don’t want to do what I ask of them. I don’t seem able to communicate well; my words dont convey what I am trying to say. And I am not aware of it even if someone shows me. I cannot understand. Almost like pragmatic communication disorder.