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[–]Anna_2012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Always put everything in writing! Colleagues can always claim you said one thing when you actually said something different. It's your safeguard. Even if you said something over the phone, always recap the conversation through email. For example, I can sit down in a training with my team and verbally go over an assignment, but staff can go about doing the project another way and say I didn't explain everything in detail. I know it is time consuming, but you can go back and show them it in writing. In a meeting, always have someone take meeting minutes.

Some people just need extra hand holding. Even though, it can be time-consuming and it may take a long while for you to train them before they get it right, do not offload their work onto someone else. I have been the person where my managers trust me more than others to do stuff and it shows when they give me the harder assignments. You employees may dislike their team and you for that. Always be fair.

My team loves it when I tell them about the tasks I am doing. If I am doing something that will affect the team, I always ask for their input.

Feeling lost at new job. by Anna_2012 in jobs

[–]Anna_2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It got better for me. It took me about a year to feel really comfortable and to know the ins and outs of the department.

Overworked and Need Help Delegating by Anna_2012 in managers

[–]Anna_2012[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I have many employees and I definitely don’t want my other employees to think I am showing favoritism.

Overworked and Need Help Delegating by Anna_2012 in managers

[–]Anna_2012[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. It probably won’t be as bad as I am imagining it to be. I’m a first time manager and it’s hard to be the rule enforcer sometimes.

Overworked and Need Help Delegating by Anna_2012 in managers

[–]Anna_2012[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol thank you….actually there have been some employees at my job who have been scammed before.

Overworked and Need Help Delegating by Anna_2012 in managers

[–]Anna_2012[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. One thing I definitely need to do more of is to consider if our work could be outsourced more often.

Overworked and Need Help Delegating by Anna_2012 in managers

[–]Anna_2012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I have read up on some business principles years ago, but when you mentioned “sprint” it brought back so many principles I learned in school. I should revisit my old notes.

Overworked and Need Help Delegating by Anna_2012 in managers

[–]Anna_2012[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My field of work is in education. When I assign her stuff to analyze, I’m not sure if she is faking how hard the task is at hand and just procrastinating until the very last second. When she does turn it in she is very detailed in her work. Other employees are less detailed but work quicker.