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elainegrey) wrote2011-08-31 06:34 am
elainegrey) wrote2011-08-31 06:34 am
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My work life intruded on my morning in a number of ways. I am becoming very aware of just how important it is to New Director to be liked. I am well aware of how poor a match that is to his role: it seems to just be dawning on him. Last week he confided his realization that the more important your titles make you seem, the more you become a target for complaints. This week he had to speak with me in person to let me know that a budget request was denied. That need to speak with me in person introduced a delay to the answer that was rather irksome. It's a personality difference: i want information when i need it (while this sounds "me, me, me" it's for my staff), New Director focusses on the human relationship.
He "thrives" on not having boundaries and said he would have welcomed my call after 6 pm pacific which would have been 2 am in England.
I need to learn how to use this. The problem is that it's obvious how manipulable this makes him: and he is manipulated. I am morally opposed to playing games of, "I like you because you do what i want." Somehow i need to coach him into learning that some people will like you when you have a backbone and you make the hard decisions.
Maybe i could explain how it's like being a parent -- although i think his two daughters have him twisted around their little fingers.
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I think i put together a decent presentation for today "after work" yesterday. I am mildly annoyed with another staff member: this person takes HOURS to do his time card and is incredibly legalistic about it. Everyone else recognizes the game of reporting 40 hours a week which sometimes go over. And i recognize that we need to provide comp-time when this is taken advantage of. Most people manage to keep a balance.
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[From yesterday] My old boss said once to me that i do not suffer fools gladly. He said it with a tone that indicated he didn't think it was a particular problem, but i do think it's a flaw.
I become aware of it when i get an email like this, "No worries. Just try to put it in context. I had slim to [no] frame of reference," in response to an email where i acknowledged that i assumed the person knew the context of the question, but apparently they did not and i filled in the context that was originally missing.
At least, i thought i filled in the context. This appears to be a still clueless response, still asking for context.
I think i'll just respond that my original question is clearly premature.
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My sister is all scheduled for a visit in two weeks. (HUZZAH!) Now i need to see when i can see my brother and his clan while they're still in the states. I'm working at home today, since i'm queued for presentations all morning, and then report writing (oh the monthly report horror) tonight.
Maybe i will be able to make myself take a break mid day and walk to the grocery store. It's feasible, and we have a little dolly to which i could bungee some grocery bags. ... And maybe i could even arrange a social lunch!
He "thrives" on not having boundaries and said he would have welcomed my call after 6 pm pacific which would have been 2 am in England.
I need to learn how to use this. The problem is that it's obvious how manipulable this makes him: and he is manipulated. I am morally opposed to playing games of, "I like you because you do what i want." Somehow i need to coach him into learning that some people will like you when you have a backbone and you make the hard decisions.
Maybe i could explain how it's like being a parent -- although i think his two daughters have him twisted around their little fingers.
--==∞==--
I think i put together a decent presentation for today "after work" yesterday. I am mildly annoyed with another staff member: this person takes HOURS to do his time card and is incredibly legalistic about it. Everyone else recognizes the game of reporting 40 hours a week which sometimes go over. And i recognize that we need to provide comp-time when this is taken advantage of. Most people manage to keep a balance.
--==∞==--
[From yesterday] My old boss said once to me that i do not suffer fools gladly. He said it with a tone that indicated he didn't think it was a particular problem, but i do think it's a flaw.
I become aware of it when i get an email like this, "No worries. Just try to put it in context. I had slim to [no] frame of reference," in response to an email where i acknowledged that i assumed the person knew the context of the question, but apparently they did not and i filled in the context that was originally missing.
At least, i thought i filled in the context. This appears to be a still clueless response, still asking for context.
I think i'll just respond that my original question is clearly premature.
--==∞==--
My sister is all scheduled for a visit in two weeks. (HUZZAH!) Now i need to see when i can see my brother and his clan while they're still in the states. I'm working at home today, since i'm queued for presentations all morning, and then report writing (oh the monthly report horror) tonight.
Maybe i will be able to make myself take a break mid day and walk to the grocery store. It's feasible, and we have a little dolly to which i could bungee some grocery bags. ... And maybe i could even arrange a social lunch!