I believe that most anyone who has been in a managerial position has experienced some of what you have described, some people handle it better than others. I d

I believe that most anyone who has been in a managerial position has experienced some of what you have described, some people handle it better than others. I don't know the specifics of your situation but I will attempt to point you toward some resources that might help. The fundamentals lay within the issue of Dominance hierarchy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominance_hierarchy) whereas if you are placed in a position of Dominance, these people will at least challenge, if not wanting to replace you. They might be insecure about their capabilities/knowledge so with time they have developed a "fake it till you make it" survival techniques. One of the solutions is for you to become more assertive and therefore have more/better skills to maintain your deserved Dominance within the hierarchy. It might have to do with your Personality Traits (https://www.verywell.com/the-big-five-personality-dimensions-2795422 https://www.verywell.com/the-big-five-personality-dimensions...), scoring too high in Agreeableness (higher than the people you're talking about). Prog. Jordan B Peterson talks often about this issues, you might want to go on YouTube and search "big 5 personality traits Jordan Peterson" and watch some of his videos for some highly interesting material on the matter.