February 27, 2008Success Story ~ making the work manageable
I was overwhelmed from doing two jobs. I sat down and tried to figure out how I could make it manageable, so I could talk to my manager about it in a way where I seemed like the solution to the problem instead of the problem. I was surprised to realize how many resources I had that I hadn’t considered.
I went in and told them that the long hours and extra work load was going to create a problem. I would be over-tired and I was worried that trying to handle the extra duties and my job would mean I would rush through both and would end up not being the detailed and organized person they expect me to be.
I went on to recommend how some of my workload could be redistributed to different employees. I received a huge thank-you from the President of the company in front of the whole team. And everyone was happy to pitch in. They saw the added responsibilities as career opportunities.
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I think you hit the nail on the head with your success story: proposing a solution. Since reading Meryl’s books, I now break down my problems into two bullet points: (1) Define the problem (2) Propose a solution. Yes, it sounds simple, but I literraly break each of these down into sub bullets which helps me to not get too wordy or too emotional.
Congrat’s on getting what you need by saying what you want!
Comment by Judy — February 28, 2008 @ 6:54 am