Why Doesn't My Team Believe My Door Is Open?

Your team does not believe your door is open. They watched you say it, then watched you vanish into meetings and messages. Now they stop asking. They solve problems badly, alone, or they talk about you instead of to you. This is not a flaw in your character that needs unpacking. It is a schedule you built and never examined. Every meeting you accept is a door you close on someone else. Every message you answer instead of the person in front of you is a choice, made in a second, that adds up to a pattern your whole team can see. You cannot fix this alone at your desk. Sit with your team and name the gap together, out loud. Decide what 'open' will actually mean — an hour, a signal, a rule everyone can check. Then keep it, or stop saying it.