- Make sure you send out e-mails, make sure you keep all the concerned parties on the same page – when things go wrong, every person by nature will try to get out scot-free, pass the buck onto someone else – Do not give that chance to yourself and to others!
- Keep your manager and your manager's manager in the loop ALWAYS. Irrespective of how menial or how small the matter is. Trust me – you never know what will snowball when.
- Say NO to work that does not fall under your role or jurisdiction – it is almost stupid to do somebody else's job for goodwill, when you have other important / urgent things to do yourself.
- It isn't about what you can do – it really is about what you want to do. That makes all the difference. All the things that you "have" to do will not give you the satisfaction at the end of the day – so while you do those tasks, also do something that makes you feel good about yourself.
- Mistakes happen - make a note of the mistake you did, and remember not to repeat it. Make that mistake into experience. And move on. Don't lose your sleep over them.
- Missed chances, opportunities that seemed interesting and promising not materializing - this is a part and parcel of professional life - you lose some, you win some. Just accept that.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Lessons at work
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4 comments:
Hi Arati,
Just came across your blog. Very interesting and simple, I must say :)
But I dont agree to pt. 3 of yours completely. Though its being preached everwhere, but this is what stops making great team bonds. If someone is moving to you for help, this means either he is too lazy to work or he certainly needs it, which you will get to know in a very short span of time. And if he really needs your help, there is no such thing like "I don't have time". You can definitely find some time atleast, even if you are that "super-busy" :)
Very interesting read...i went thru other posts as well :)
Cool, you got another reader ;)
Nice tips , will try to practise them. One more to that -
Try to finish your work on weekdays itself and plan so that you do not have to stay beyond 9 hrs in office. So that you can have some time of your own. A small trek or watching a movie on weekends really relaxes body and soul.
Hi Mohit,
Thanks for your comments. Good to know my blog has got one more reader :)
In point number 3, what I mean to say is - there is no point helping out someone when you yourself are completely upto the neck in work, and when the person asking for help can very well do it on his / her own. I am all for giving help to team members when needed - but it cannot be at the cost of my urgent and important work getting affected.
It is more about prioritizing - and sometimes I think you have to do it.
well wisher - who wouldn't love that? :)
Time management is always an issue - with most of the IT people at least. One thing that can help reduce the load over weekdays is to spend may be 2 to 3 hours on a Saturday and reply to all those e-mails you have ignored or postponed for later.
Works quite well - and this again does not have to be a weekly affair.
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