New manager

[Aybygumlike]

have got a new manager who has been in the job 2 months. They are inexperienced though am sure they’ll grow into the job. Not sure if they are overcompensating due to managing about half a dozen staff who have way more experience and about 15 years older and been with the company for more years. We have tried to point them
in the right direction but is creating a lot of extra work which makes no sense and we have other issues to deal with more urgently. The person is not listening and is now giving her team a dressing down because they expected stuff done in a certain way even though it was a lot of work for not very much value add. In addition they are starting to give their line managees tasks that they should really handle. Their line reports didn’t go for the head job as didn’t want the hassle but now tasks which traditionally the head did before is being shoved down. I have tried to explain this to them. This person repeatedly asks us the same question for information it’s becoming irritating. They have been given all information but not reading it! Should I feedback to their manager that they need to be more strategic?

You don't sound like you're being very easy to manage tbh and that's going to be part of the problem. You've tried to point them in the right direction? That doesn't come across well, of course a new manager is going to want to change things in some way or another.

I used to manage a team who would have written your post about me I'm sure. The remit I'd been given by senior leadership was to make the team more productive, focus its activities on what it was actually supposed to be doing as the team had invented themselves an easier job, and frankly make it a nicer place to work as the people were very difficult. You may not realise they've been given direction about what to do with the team.

Reflect on your own role in this. Are you trying to adapt to having a new manager? Or are you just trying to make sure everything stays the same because you've been doing it for years and therefore assume you know best and/or don't want it to change for whatever reason?

Just remember it takes two to create conflict.