And here comes another one...
I've been going through my RSS feeds for over an hour now, and I'm still not finished! Lol! That's what I get from being a lazy net surfer the past weeks.
Anyway, yesterday hit me with another lesson in negotiating work assignments. Actually, I could bonk myself on the head since this is something that anyone with common sense already knows. I know it, too. But I guess I was just too slow on the uptake yesterday lol!
To make a long story short I sorta got myself involved in another project yesterday. Yes, that's on top of the main project I'm doing now, and some stuff I'm doing for the development of some process engineering tools our company wants to use in the future, and another minor part-time role in another project. Hahahaha! T_T
How did I get myself into this? One of the managers approached me yesterday, asking if I would be willing to help in communicating the scope of a new upcoming project to my colleagues at home. I thought, "I guess there should be no problem. Just one or two meetings with the lead project key person, a few items for clarification, and then one or two e-mails and phone calls to the people back in the Phils., and we're done! No sweat!". And so I told the manager I'd do it.
Big mistake. Lol! Turns out I didn't understand the scope all that well at all. After getting my affirmative answer, the manager stood up and told me to come with him. He asked the new project's KP to come with us as well. And off to the meeting room we all trooped. Then we called up one of the team managers in our Philippine HQ, and started a mini-teleconference to inform them of the new project. What made me do a mental double take was when the manager described the role I would be playing in the new project. Turns out I wouldn't just be relaying to the engineers at home the scope of the project, I'll be coordinating for them for almost the whole project's duration!! Whaaaattt!!! Hahahaha!
Haaayyy.. I've always been a big advocate of the word, CLARIFY, CLARIFY, CLARIFY! And it seems this time I wasn't able to put that concept into practice. I should have reclarified with the manager what my scope would be, repeated what he said back to him before giving him my yes. Hahahaha!
Oh well, okay lang. I'll just think of this as another challenge and learning opportunity. And maybe my role won't be too busy. I hope. ~crosses fingers~.
Pero ha, ayus yung style nung manager. Clever way to delegate jobs to your people hahaha! Magamit nga minsan.... ~evil laugh~
Anyway, yesterday hit me with another lesson in negotiating work assignments. Actually, I could bonk myself on the head since this is something that anyone with common sense already knows. I know it, too. But I guess I was just too slow on the uptake yesterday lol!
To make a long story short I sorta got myself involved in another project yesterday. Yes, that's on top of the main project I'm doing now, and some stuff I'm doing for the development of some process engineering tools our company wants to use in the future, and another minor part-time role in another project. Hahahaha! T_T
How did I get myself into this? One of the managers approached me yesterday, asking if I would be willing to help in communicating the scope of a new upcoming project to my colleagues at home. I thought, "I guess there should be no problem. Just one or two meetings with the lead project key person, a few items for clarification, and then one or two e-mails and phone calls to the people back in the Phils., and we're done! No sweat!". And so I told the manager I'd do it.
Big mistake. Lol! Turns out I didn't understand the scope all that well at all. After getting my affirmative answer, the manager stood up and told me to come with him. He asked the new project's KP to come with us as well. And off to the meeting room we all trooped. Then we called up one of the team managers in our Philippine HQ, and started a mini-teleconference to inform them of the new project. What made me do a mental double take was when the manager described the role I would be playing in the new project. Turns out I wouldn't just be relaying to the engineers at home the scope of the project, I'll be coordinating for them for almost the whole project's duration!! Whaaaattt!!! Hahahaha!
Haaayyy.. I've always been a big advocate of the word, CLARIFY, CLARIFY, CLARIFY! And it seems this time I wasn't able to put that concept into practice. I should have reclarified with the manager what my scope would be, repeated what he said back to him before giving him my yes. Hahahaha!
Oh well, okay lang. I'll just think of this as another challenge and learning opportunity. And maybe my role won't be too busy. I hope. ~crosses fingers~.
Pero ha, ayus yung style nung manager. Clever way to delegate jobs to your people hahaha! Magamit nga minsan.... ~evil laugh~
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