I'm asking this question for a friend of mine. I love my director but hers is very pushy and over bearing. (sounds like she's concerned about meeting her goals not helping her team) So my question is if you sign under someone are you stuck with that person as you director or do you think she could contact HO and get a new director?
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Discussion Overview
The thread explores the challenges faced by participants regarding their experiences with directors in the Pampered Chef community. Participants share personal accounts of feeling overwhelmed or unsupported by their directors, and discuss potential options for switching directors or finding additional support.
Discussion Character
- Anecdotal
- Opinion-based
- Exploratory
Main Points Raised
- One participant mentions that their friend feels her director is pushy and more focused on meeting goals than supporting her team.
- Another participant believes that switching directors may require going inactive for a year or waiting for the current director to quit.
- Several users express concern over the pushy behavior of some directors, with one participant noting that their director is overly demanding with frequent calls and emails.
- One participant shares their positive experience with their own director, highlighting the importance of supportive leadership.
- Another participant suggests that the friend could seek a hospitality director or attend cluster meetings for additional support.
- One participant describes their own struggles with an overbearing recruiter and director, expressing frustration with the pressure they feel.
- Another participant notes that the friend’s director is also her recruiter, complicating the situation further.
- One participant shares their decision to stop selling due to the pressure from their director and recruiter, indicating a desire for a more balanced approach.
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Views differ on the best course of action for dealing with difficult directors, with some participants suggesting direct communication while others highlight the challenges of switching directors. No clear consensus emerges on the best solution.
Contextual Notes
Participants share personal experiences that reflect a range of feelings about their directors, from frustration to appreciation, indicating a diverse set of circumstances within the consultant community.
Who May Find This Useful
This discussion may be of interest to consultants experiencing similar challenges with their directors or those seeking support within the community.
Marg
- 650
Yes, your friend will still technically have her current director unless your friend goes inactive and re-signs or her current director relinquishes her directorship.That being said, she can always find a hospitality director. I like my director as a person, but as a director she's lacking. I go to other director's cluster meetings.
If your director is cool with it (I don't see whay she wouldn't be) why not bring your friend to your cluster meetings? She also has every right to tell her director to back off and that if she needs/wants anything, she'll call her.
HTH!
If your director is cool with it (I don't see whay she wouldn't be) why not bring your friend to your cluster meetings? She also has every right to tell her director to back off and that if she needs/wants anything, she'll call her.
HTH!
kitchenqueen
- 420
I agree with Marg!!
If she doesn't like her director, ask her director to find her a hospitality director. If her director asks why - tell your friend to give a nice, but honest answer...something like "I'd like to talk to someone with leadership skills who will inspire me not push me".
I wouldn't feel bad at all - it may give her director a wake up call in which she may take her job more seriously and put others needs in front of her own.
It really bothers me to hear other consultants having problems with their directors. You assume that your director will be there to help. I love my director, she lives over 6 hours away but she always keeps in great contact with me and makes me feel included. She is also keeps me excited about my business and inspires me. That is what a director should do! I am taking notes from her!!
If she doesn't like her director, ask her director to find her a hospitality director. If her director asks why - tell your friend to give a nice, but honest answer...something like "I'd like to talk to someone with leadership skills who will inspire me not push me".
I wouldn't feel bad at all - it may give her director a wake up call in which she may take her job more seriously and put others needs in front of her own. It really bothers me to hear other consultants having problems with their directors. You assume that your director will be there to help. I love my director, she lives over 6 hours away but she always keeps in great contact with me and makes me feel included. She is also keeps me excited about my business and inspires me. That is what a director should do! I am taking notes from her!!
I will suggest this to her. But my understanding is her director is the only one in her area. I would invite her to mine but she lives halfway across the country. I met her here, she didn't ask me to post this but I was hoping I could help get her away from that aweful director and get her one who wants to help her the way most directors do. Thank you for your thoughts. Any and all are appericated.
Shawnna
Gold Member
- 2,372
Your friend could contact her director's director. She might have some insight for her and perhaps she could attend those meetings. if all else fails, she doesn't have to go to meetings or have much contact with her director. Is her director also her recruiter? If not, has she talked to her recruiter about the situation?
Shawnna
Shawnna
The problem is her director is her recruiter and from my understanding the only PC consultant in the area. You have to understand that this director calls her about once a day and emails her several times daily, plus mails her by snail mail daily. So she doesn't have room to breathe with this director. Every time she talks to her director it's always "well you need more bookings, you have to come to the meetings, you need to be on that training call, she even pushed until she signed (2 months before she was ready to), etc. I was shocked when she told me the way this director behaves. I look at the awesome director I have and want the same for her. No one wants to do business with someone this pushy.
aleechef
- 16
bittersweet goodbyemy husband and i have concluded that i'm going to stop selling pc if i can't switch my recruiter. the one that i have is overbearing, and she's always pushing her way of doing everything onto my family. my husband can't take it anymore, and frankly, neither can i. i love selling pc, but i've had some problems with both my recruiter and director. they're both the same in that they are always pushing pushing pushing. i know its unprofessional and probably immature, but i've even gone as far as unplugging my phone to avoid her calls. i've tried to talk to them about it, but they just push guilt on me for not wanting to make it a full-time thing. (right now its best if i stay at a few catalog shows a month as my life is too hectic for more than that) they're so... pushy. they take assertive to the next lvl (my recruiter is always coaching me on how to run my household and raise my son)..
its sad b'c this is a good way for me to get to know more ppl and make xtra $ but i'm at my wits end. if i quit now, my husband will fight me starting it up again, just b'c i'll have to buy a whole new kit, when i already have the kit now.
oh well. i can make it work out for the best though. i've been inactive for almost 3 months now, so i won't have to wait a full year until i can start up again. and i could just host some parties through my mom's recruiter (the one i wanted to switch to).. i'll still be able to help out the friends that want parties (b'c they can book off me or my mom's recruiter) and if i host as well, i can get some free products and maybe stock up on some inventory so that if i can start back up again next year, i'll have a lot to give away/sell at fairs.
of course, if it's ok, i'll stay on these boards and keep up with the biz so i can be ready for next time. ....such a bittersweet goodbye... [for now anyway..]
its sad b'c this is a good way for me to get to know more ppl and make xtra $ but i'm at my wits end. if i quit now, my husband will fight me starting it up again, just b'c i'll have to buy a whole new kit, when i already have the kit now.
oh well. i can make it work out for the best though. i've been inactive for almost 3 months now, so i won't have to wait a full year until i can start up again. and i could just host some parties through my mom's recruiter (the one i wanted to switch to).. i'll still be able to help out the friends that want parties (b'c they can book off me or my mom's recruiter) and if i host as well, i can get some free products and maybe stock up on some inventory so that if i can start back up again next year, i'll have a lot to give away/sell at fairs.
of course, if it's ok, i'll stay on these boards and keep up with the biz so i can be ready for next time. ....such a bittersweet goodbye... [for now anyway..]
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