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Anonymous
04/09/19 at 11:57PM UTC
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Management crap - how to deal

I love being a manager and leading a team, but I hate the amount of reporting and conference calls and just general crap I have to deal with because I'm a manager. I spend more time trapped at my desk than helping my people. Any advice at how to manage through this or balance this more? I hate all of the other stuff I have to do, but I know it's part of the job.

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Alyson Garrido, Career Coach
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04/11/19 at 10:12PM UTC
I wonder if there's some expectation setting you can do with your peers or those inviting you to these meetings. Can you make a case for when it is and is not necessary for you to attend? Explain the work that you are not doing when you're in these meetings and help them understand the bigger picture implications of you doing things that you don't think are valuable
Anonymous
04/11/19 at 2:25AM UTC
It's more stuff that I can't delegate - we are a small company and I have to do it myself. Any advice maybe on how to try to change the conversation about my responsibilities or manage up and suggest a different structure?
Carrie Topolski
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04/10/19 at 6:04PM UTC
I agree.. try delegating or simply schedule time on your calendar to spend that time you want to spend with your team. That way your calendar is blocked from getting any more conference calls or meetings for that period of time.
Anonymous
04/10/19 at 2:36PM UTC
hmm. what kind of stuff are you dealing with? is it anything you can delegate to your team?

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