Comments on: Crucial Applications: How to Negotiate Workload Limits

By: 6 Useful Tips for New Team Leaders - nTask

6 Useful Tips for New Team Leaders - nTask — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:10:32 +0000

[…] this task is quite challenging when the team is very large and so a pro tip is to always re-negotiate your workload so that you don’t have so many tasks that would crush your […]

By: bean sagof

bean sagof — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:52:42 +0000

“For example, ‘I’ve observed that those who do their work get rewarded with more work.'”
is that an example of an objective fact or something to put someone on the defensive? i can easily imagine a boss getting irate when they’re accused of “rewarding” hard work with more work. it’s may or may not even be something they’re conscious of…

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:43:39 +0000

Interesting timing on this article for me. I did some digging around this week and discovered that my workload is a whopping 70% higher than any of my co-workers. It’s not just my imagination, I actually went out and pulled the numbers. My closest co-worker has just 320 accounts to manage while I have over 980, plus I have some additional reporting and project assignments that the rest of the group does not. And three of my co-workers have less than 200 accounts. I don’t even know how to address an inequity like that, it’s just so blatant.

I’d like to think it is a compliment to me that they have confidence in my abilities, but honesty, I think it’s a matter of convenience. I manage to get all the work done every month and don’t complain too much about it, so why fix what ain’t broke, in their eyes. I have brought it up once or twice, but I get excuses that the numbers don’t actually measure the work loads accurately. Maybe not, but the picture I’m seeing certainly doesn’t look fair to me.

By: slccom

slccom — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:20:42 +0000

You should also look at your workload and identify the tasks that can either be delegated to someone else, or have minimal value in terms of the company goals. Those activities should be eliminated and something more useful substituted.

By: editor

editor — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:26:50 +0000

@Paige Great suggestion! Linking your tasks to your company goals is a great way to prioritize your duties, and a great way to prove to your boss that you need to set aside time to work on those projects.

By: Paige Brown

Paige Brown — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:41:08 +0000

This is a comment on the “Crucial Applications
How to Negotiate Workload Limits” section of your newsletter.
Another way to identify which of your duties is to tie your duties to already-established business goals and identify exactly how much time and when those duties need to be performed. When a project is added to your workload, show the boss your scheduled activities, which goals those activities meet, and ask for help prioritizing which goals can be set aside for the new project.