No wonder it feels personal that this team rejects your efforts. It is personal; it's happening to you. But it's not about you. This team might have so much internal tension that they can't stand to be in a meeting together. Maybe they had a bad experience with your predecessor. They might think they know it all already and attending meetings is just wasting their time. Or it could really be as straightforward as what they've told you: Their working hours and training times are already used up.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I was at a happy hour for my company's end-of-year holiday party, and since I recently joined the team, I was looking forward to getting to know everyone better in a relaxed setting. At first, I was enjoying myself and everything was going well. Then one of my colleagues started talking about his political views, and the way he spoke made me and the others in the group uncomfortable.
Corporate events create lasting bonds that go beyond the typical transactional exchanges of day-to-day working life, paving the way for greater corporate success.