does my workers resent me for being ceaselessly out of the workplace? — Ask a Supervisor

A reader writes:

I’m the director of a small group. Since we’re so small, I’ve day-to-day duties together with extra tasks corresponding to board conferences, weekend and night occasions, media relations, and exterior conferences. As we develop, I’m discovering extra calls for on my time, and I’m typically on the run, headed out to conferences and occasions outdoors the workplace. Since I ceaselessly work nights and weekends, I typically take a day off or go away early to protect some work-life stability. (Actually, my board has inspired me to remain beneath 50 hours every week for that purpose.)

I typically really feel responsible and apprehensive once I go away the workplace, despite the fact that it’s a part of my job. I even have a bunch of younger staffers who’re working their first jobs and don’t need them to really feel it’s okay for them to come back and go each time they need, or that it’s okay for the boss to be a hypocrite. I additionally don’t need the senior workers to really feel I’m not round once they want me. I’ve heard the occasional grumble from among the senior workers that I’m “by no means there,” despite the fact that I’m at all times working, simply not at all times within the workplace or out there instantly when individuals need me.

Ought to I attempt to clarify what’s going on, or would that simply fire up drama? Do I simply settle for that typically persons are going to grouse about administration? Or do I must do one thing else?

I reply this query over at Inc. at present, the place I’m revisiting letters which were buried within the archives right here from years in the past (and typically updating/increasing my solutions to them). You can learn it right here.