The spotlight is on you and you have no one to back you up and it seems like everything is falling apart. Wouldn’t it be great if this were the exception rather than the rule? Well this is well your resilience pays off. It’s time to call in the cavalry and regroup.
The first thing to do is identify the largest challenge and determine who and what can help you remedy the difficulty. It might be the facility manager, previous employees, an assistant working for someone else in your company or even your boss. Leave no favor left behind. You owe it to your attendees to have the best event you can manage.
Next, be sure that you stay away from negative reactions, stress, anger or blame. Too often when our plans go astray it is a knee jerk reaction to look towards others rather than bearing the responsibility. If your actions don’t indicate solutions, don’t bother. Take a good look at how your resourcefulness can pull the event together.
You will be able to think more clearly when you stay objective and you will save yourself a great deal of angst but staying focused on solutions.
Sharyn Abbott 