We all know the people who are productively busy and those who are productively distracted. However, If you have a project that you need done by a certain deadline or in a certain way, delegate it to the genuinely busy person. They are busy for a reason — because they are busy getting things done.
No matter how little control you have, you’ve always got your influence.
Throughout your career you will undoubtedly be assigned the responsibility to perform a task that has never been completed successfully. This task could look simple on the surface but as the saying goes “the devil is in the details.” To achieve this objective, you will eventually find yourself at the mercy of another person for resources (their time, their money, their vote, data, etc.). It is also very likely that these individual(s) are not able to get you the resources you need, they may intentionally not try to help.
At this point you have two choices or you can look at the problem in two ways.
The next time someone dumps something on you, take it as a compliment and a challenge to show them what you can do. You’ll win the praise of management and your customers if you can succeed without formal authority and inadequate resources.
These are challenging circumstances, but I see them as opportunities to shine as the bright star.
You feel challenged, do you accept it, reject it, or cripple under its weight?How often do other’s expectations have you stuck between a rock and a hard place? How did you take it and how did you handle it?
Someone Should be Asking for More Work
So you finally got that IT project done and after all the hassles and bugs, things seem to be working smoothly. Your anxiety levels are returning back to normal and your managers seem to have the new processes under control. But what about your other employees? What are they doing now? Since the IT project helped automate things, how are your employees using their extra time? You probably answered in your mind, “I don’t know” or “I think they’re doing ____.”
I’ll bet your data entry employees haven’t come in to your office, or their managers’, and asked what they need to do next. Now they’re less efficient because they’re doing less work in the same amount of time as they had before. But, if you do have an employee who came to ask for more work, give them a bonus. They’re probably worth keeping around.
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