I feel I am being put in an awkward situation and possibly being undermined into the bargain and I'm not sure what to do about it.
I am a senior manager and our whole organisation was reviewed /audited last week. It went badly across the board, which was no surprise to anyone, and my area was mentioned as an issue, along with a few others. I've been in post a couple of years but until recently essentially had two roles and therefore have been very limited in what I could do, which is accepted. I have 3 people working under me as my team, who've only been there a few months.
Today my manager told me that the top team think I need someone else working alongside me as the role is too big for one. She then asked who I think could go in the post, which would likely be part of the senior team, but still beneath me, which is odd and I don't see how it could work. She asked if one of my team might be suitable, which makes me feel awful. They've all been great but none have had a chance to really make a mark yet and I definitely wouldn't feel right picking out one above the others. She also asked if I could think of someone else on the organisation as a whole, but that would be even worse as it would be them leapfrogging over my team, but there isn't anyone anyway. She doesn't want to advertise as she thinks the wrong people would go for it. I do know this is utterly wrong.
Aside from the ethics, I also feel undermined as they want to put someone in post alongside me when I haven't been given a fair crack of the whip at all. I want to say all of this, but I don't know if I should. Any advice would be great!