Work- Department Team?

Question

The team of people I work with are amazing. We all get along well. We help each other. We are a goofy group of people that have fun getting through our jobs everyday and enjoy meeting goals.
We have a new executive team lead- who is new to our company. He has made comments about how we are not viewed a professional by other executives and that we are not team players. The people in the other departments we work with everday always email us nice comments back about how we do our jobs. Should we send the emails on to the new executive without comment- everytime we get them?
Our manager and her manager have gone to bat for us- but things are really tense now.

Answer 1

Forwarding an email might be a good idea, but asking those people to send the email directly to the new exec might be even more effective.

This is a tough one. I know that different managers have different styles, but having a new one that is so at variance to the team itself is a hard pill to swallow. Still, I cannot help but think that if your team practices a little diplomacy, he may come to appreciate your somewhat less formal approach.

Good luck!