Try to mediate introducing some inept boss
I believe the answer is:
step in
'try' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'mediate introducing some inept boss' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'inept' is 'tepin' which is present in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for step in that I've seen before include "Interrupt" , "Shoe with no fastenings" , "Substitute" , "Type of garment" , "Intervene dramatically, or at a senior level" .)