I finally convinced my principal to switch from their chaotic paper planner to a shared digital calendar, but now they’re just deleting invites without telling me. I’ll show up for a briefing and they’ll say they didn't want to do that while the client is already waiting in the lobby. It’s making me look incompetent when I’m actually just out of the loop. Does anyone else deal with a rogue calendar user? How do you manage them?

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I’m not sure what kind of calendar software you’re using. But you should be able to revoke their access from editing your calendar. They can see your calendar, but not delete things.

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This sounds like a nightmare. I am so glad my boss is more considerate than that. If they're not going to play by the rules, you've got to double and triple confirm everything with them before putting anything on the calendar. And probably re-confirm two or three times after that. It's a ridiculous hassle, but I'd be willing to do it to avoid looking like I'm the one dropping the ball.

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Maintain your own calendar, as well. When you invite them, invite yourself. You will show confirmed on the calendar, they either will or won’t. You can then remind them of the invite and ask whether or not they plan on attending. If I was a client showing up for a meeting to which the principal never confirmed attendance and you had not followed up as to confirmation, I would be p***ed.

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