July 29, 2010Admins – make your work visible. PowerPhrase, “It was an involved process that required me to….”
Recently Nathan, who does web and support work for me, and I spent a day working side by side on various projects. We usually work very independently of each other, but spending a day together was invaluable. It aligned our thinking.
It also helped me appreciate how challenging some seemingly simple activities are. It’s so easy to pass on projects without an understanding of what implementation involves. That’s why I appreciated our time together, and also when Nathan gave me a report on a completed project that included a description of,
- Here’s what it took to accomplish that.
If he hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known.
Some admins make their work look too easy. You don’t want to come across as complaining, but do make what you’ve done visible 1) so you can get the respect you deserve for it, and 2) so your workload can be realistically balanced.
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