Promotion Starts Tomorrow Tomorrow I begin work as a first time manager, overseeing 30 professionals who have been peers for 20 years.  I've had to do some real core work to make sure I'm ready to be a manager.  I've done "work therapy", took aptitude tests, made comparison lists, etc., but a legacy of my upbringing haunts me still and I don't know how to feel confident.

I'm worried that my uBPD mother was right, that at my core I'm an inhuman monster who cannot successfully relate to other people, nurture others, or effectively counsel other people for professional growth.  If it's true, it will be glaringly obvious right away and I'll flame out in this horribly embarrassing way in front of everyone.

I've been doing a lot of core work, but I'm not far enough along to figure this out at this point.  I would appreciate (and utilize) any advice people cared to share!