09/24/2025
In receiving the results of the dept employee survey, I’ve felt… annoyed. One of the final questions asked ‘what can your director (ie: me) do better for the dept?’ And of the dozen or so answers only the last one stuck with me. It merely said “quite literally everything”… Oh, thank you…SUPERrrrrrrr helpful in actually helping me be a better leader/manager/director. But then in scrolling photos of last month, these images kept standing out.
That person doesn’t know quite literally anything about what this role takes. The moving parts, the constant running lists and budgets and conversations happening to create THIS kind of magic on a pretty consistent basis. The attention to detail, the forethought of potential outcomes, the wading through opinions and attitudes and family dramas, the timeline to keep all moving seamlessly. That person doesn’t know I am actually working to be kind when under pressure on a big day. Or that I’m vividly aware I have RBF and try all day to keep my face neutral so I don’t look mad when it’s just my face. That person has quite literally nothing to do with my experiences and knowledge that lead me here. That person will not be the reason I feel annoyed today.
This day was magically lovely, thanks in all parts to:
Special thanks to for the overheads & chauffeur services.
