
I don't think having an international manager would make international events explode. We have a GMT based manager, and there's a lack of events. We need to get events going constantly at peak hours before we start getting events on at 3am.
If you actually got to know Alex you'd know that he does want to build the department up and make it work so you shouldn't have any issues on that front if you got the role. I'd also suggest you'd have more success working together than trying to do your own thing or have you no people management skills at all.
As I said, if that's the case then there's no issue, it's just that thus far there's been no evidence of such intentions and hasn't been for a long time. If that's changing, fab. Also I quite clearly said that I wasn't going to attempt to work as though I was totally separate unless he was planning on carrying on doing nothing, and my people management skills are what allows me to work with people who aren't necessarily already my closest bosom buddies. If you're only able to work with people who you know inside out from the start that's having no people management skillsIf you actually got to know Alex you'd know that he does want to build the department up and make it work so you shouldn't have any issues on that front if you got the role. I'd also suggest you'd have more success working together than trying to do your own thing or have you no people management skills at all.
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And I stick by that. I'm not saying you need to be BFFs to work together, far from it, so you're being a bit too specific with what I meant by people management skills. What I actually meant by that was that if you're doing one thing but Alex doesn't agree with that and you haven't worked together on solutions then your staff will be getting mixed signals which isn't really a good foundation to be building a cohesive team/department.
Well if the power dynamic of manager/assistant is set up properly that shouldn't be possible even if I did want to![]()
For me personally, after working with Alex, he is an extremely dedicated and hard working boy. He hasn't had it easy and I believe regardless of who it is, as long as they are actually willing to work, he will work with them. I encourage anyone with ideas and enthusiasm for the department to apply. Regardless of where they live or their friendship levels with him.
“You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”
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