I am a manager. My C level wants to meet with me to discuss my boss (Director) after some very bad employee survey results. The results are appropriate and we all hate the Director. How do I make this clear to my C level?
Bring data, write out what you want to say and don’t mean anything as a personal attack. It’s ok to be emotional or critical but it has to all be constructive. Come with some ideas of your own that ‘might work’.
Agreed , don’t be emotional and use flippant comments “he’s useless, we all hate him” . Provide concrete examples but also do be balanced (if possible) I.e. “ they were trying to do the right thing but it’s how they went about and engaged ..... etc”
Are we in the same Org? Is your director in engineering?
Avoid negative conversations.
You need to bring examples that focuses on the manager's poor work. I recommend to avoid being emotional, especially as you are a manager (probably a team lead) who represents your people at this conversation. Beyond that, the director won't necessarily have answers for you at that meeting and might need to think about things, so set your expectations accordingly about the outcome of that meeting.
Tell truth. Bring data. YOLO.
“everyone hates him”
Concrete examples.