My boss keeps copying my direct report in emails to me that relate to strategic issues which are my responsibility. My boss I think is trying to be democratic but it makes me feel sidelined - I work part time and today I've come in to a load of emails of the two of them (both male by the way) discussing my strategy. It's completely peed me off but how can I do anything about this without seeming petty?
To give more context I manage just this one person. We lead a specific part of the business that is currently undergoing a lot of change but I have a specifically more senior title, I manage him and I was recently promoted to an even more strategic role. I don't think I'm an autocratic manager, I seek his views as much as I can where appropriate but in this instance, I had called a meeting with my boss to discuss an approach that I've done all the work for (research, training, etc) so it feels like a slap in the face to have them discussing it with me on the back foot because I'm not in work that day....