Timeline for How to approach a manager about his or her workload being too large?
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| May 26, 2015 at 9:20 | comment | added | Cronax | You could always go to your manager and ask him what happens to the project if he were to drop dead the next day. If that makes him see that you could take work off his hands, this gives you an avenue to follow up with "So why not spread the workload between the two of us and try to provide some redundancy?" | |
| May 23, 2015 at 18:13 | answer | added | Project Shepherding | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 1, 2012 at 18:59 | vote | accept | Quinma | ||
| Oct 31, 2012 at 20:55 | comment | added | Quinma | Thank you for your responses. I agree with you guys and but i don't see my manager burning out anytime soon. | |
| Oct 31, 2012 at 15:08 | comment | added | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | @maple_shaft: The other possibility is that the manager starts to experience burn-out and this (in my experience) usually causes them to realize they need to delegate, though sometimes this is only temporary and they start hoarding work again. I'm not sure if this was better or worse than when they started to delegate more work aftger they got into a confrontation with a superior (well, a corporate partner more than superior) over their work-hoarding. | |
| Oct 31, 2012 at 11:43 | comment | added | maple_shaft | I wish I had good advice for you but I have found myself in the same situation many times and it seemed like anytime I tried to be proactive or approach my manager about it, that I made things significantly worse. You are dealing with a classic Micro-Manager and possibly also a Work-aholic. Unless power is forcibly taken from them by a superior then it generally never gets any better. | |
| Oct 31, 2012 at 9:58 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackWorkplace/status/263580742808903680 | ||
| Oct 31, 2012 at 7:29 | answer | added | GuyM | timeline score: 9 | |
| Oct 31, 2012 at 4:21 | answer | added | JustinC | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 30, 2012 at 23:19 | comment | added | jcmeloni | Would you say the core question is "How do I communicate to my manager that he is the blocker for my work and the company's forward progress?" | |
| Oct 30, 2012 at 22:46 | history | edited | Quinma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 30, 2012 at 22:32 | history | asked | Quinma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |