I’ve been working with a person for approx two years now. I’ve been involved mostly on the network side while he is responsible for telecommunication. We both had the same manager. Recently I was involved with a project pertaining to both networking& telecommunication. I did my best to get to know as much as possible about telecommunication as possible in the short time the project was running. The manager has resigned & I was appointed to head the communication department as well as a small part of the networking side. My problem is that the person working with communication will most certainly take exception to this. I admit that there is a lot for me to learn about telecommunication & the technology, but this is surely an oppertunity Icannot pass.
My question is, how should I approach this person? We get along well & could be regarded as friends. He has not been informed about this decision yet. I know that he have high hopes of getting the position (especially with regards to his communication knowledge).