Falling Behind on Your Workload?

Are you falling behind on your work? Do you feel that too many people are coming to you and overloading your workload?

 

This happens to me from time to time. Since I am an administrative assistant for 30 staff, which includes 6 managers, it can get a little hectic at times.

 

Imagine at times that you are bored out of your mind, going around to other staff members asking for work. Then there are times when everyone is coming to you for something all at the same time. This is how it usually goes in any office.

 

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. One of the best ways to combat this is to schedule a meeting with your boss to discuss how this can be tackled in a productive way.

 

Here are some to-do tips before you head into the meeting:

 

• Create a list of all of the main tasks that you are doing. Don't write each task out, but summarize them into main groups. 

• Think of ways you can help manage the workload. This might be getting someone else to do some of the work for a short period of time or asking people to e-mail you urgent requests using the High Importance icon in Microsoft Outlook. 

Mention to your boss that you are actively trying to keep up with the workload, but are worried that higher priority tasks might fall behind and would like their opinion on how to prioritize them. This will show that you are being proactive.

 

Make sure to have a follow-up meeting with your boss every so often until your workload goes back to normal, just to keep them in the loop of how things are going.

 

You'd be surprised of how well your boss will take it!

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Until next time,

Take care - of your clutter!