I freely admit that I have all the interpersonal skills of a charging rhino. I can be very effective in getting the job done but you really want to get out of my way. This time at least people knew this going in, and with one exception have worked with this.
The one exception was someone who had "been told" that they could do something that I was planning on doing and had already worked out. We went to the person they said told them this, and this person told us to go to someone else. THAT person sent us back to the first person. I got them both together and said "Look, it makes more sense for me to do this because 1) it's a costume thing and 2) I've already made arrangements to handle it". This is the problem when you are working with your "friends" - everyone becomes allergic to anything that might look like conflict when sometimes what you really need is someone to make an actual DECISION.
(And I'm sorry if this makes no sense but trying to write it so that no one is identifiable is really difficult - there are only so many pronouns available)
I'm actually pretty good in "management" within limited confines. If you work for me, I'm apparently awesome because I'm clear about what my expectations are for my people and I keep them in the loop if things change. I prefer to pick/hire really good people, find out what they need from me to get the job done, and then get the hell out of their way. This often does not endear me to upper management who would usually rather I just shut up and do what I'm told.
I can think of two separate occasions when my cast thought I was the best thing since tempered steel and the PowersThatBe wanted me fired. In one case (Fright Fest) they succeeded, only to be met with my virtually my entire cast at the end of the day threatening to walk off the job if I wasn't brought back. "She's the only one who hasn't tried to feed us a line of bullshit since day one". That's still one of the best memories I have of directing.
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The one exception was someone who had "been told" that they could do something that I was planning on doing and had already worked out. We went to the person they said told them this, and this person told us to go to someone else. THAT person sent us back to the first person. I got them both together and said "Look, it makes more sense for me to do this because 1) it's a costume thing and 2) I've already made arrangements to handle it". This is the problem when you are working with your "friends" - everyone becomes allergic to anything that might look like conflict when sometimes what you really need is someone to make an actual DECISION.
(And I'm sorry if this makes no sense but trying to write it so that no one is identifiable is really difficult - there are only so many pronouns available)
I'm actually pretty good in "management" within limited confines. If you work for me, I'm apparently awesome because I'm clear about what my expectations are for my people and I keep them in the loop if things change. I prefer to pick/hire really good people, find out what they need from me to get the job done, and then get the hell out of their way. This often does not endear me to upper management who would usually rather I just shut up and do what I'm told.
I can think of two separate occasions when my cast thought I was the best thing since tempered steel and the PowersThatBe wanted me fired. In one case (Fright Fest) they succeeded, only to be met with my virtually my entire cast at the end of the day threatening to walk off the job if I wasn't brought back. "She's the only one who hasn't tried to feed us a line of bullshit since day one". That's still one of the best memories I have of directing.