ChefBeckyD
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I love love love my director. She's more than my director, she's also my good friend. So I'm struggling with what to do about meetings.
We have great meetings. They are fun, informative, and well attended. Sort of. When I became a director, she just assumed that we would continue to do our meetings together, and I wanted that.
I have a team of 15, and of those 15, 5-6 consistently come to meetings. The rest don't, and almost to a person, they don't come, because there is no way for them to get there on time. I drive 45 minutes (South) to get to meetings - and several of my team members live North and West of me, and the drive time could be an hour longer than mine. When a meeting starts at 6 or 6:30, and you don't get out of work until 5:30 or 6, it makes it impossible for some of them to make the drive to come.
I'm thinking it's time that I start holding my own meetings. But I don't know how to approach my director about it. For those of you who have had to cut the apron strings (LOL!) I wonder how and when you did it? How long after you became a director did you start holding your own meetings?
We have great meetings. They are fun, informative, and well attended. Sort of. When I became a director, she just assumed that we would continue to do our meetings together, and I wanted that.
I have a team of 15, and of those 15, 5-6 consistently come to meetings. The rest don't, and almost to a person, they don't come, because there is no way for them to get there on time. I drive 45 minutes (South) to get to meetings - and several of my team members live North and West of me, and the drive time could be an hour longer than mine. When a meeting starts at 6 or 6:30, and you don't get out of work until 5:30 or 6, it makes it impossible for some of them to make the drive to come.
I'm thinking it's time that I start holding my own meetings. But I don't know how to approach my director about it. For those of you who have had to cut the apron strings (LOL!) I wonder how and when you did it? How long after you became a director did you start holding your own meetings?