Challenge Accepted

My biggest challenge has been my efforts to make a 180-degree shift in my manager's perspective of me from an inefficient employee to an excellent shift supervisor. When I was given the responsibility of managing shifts, I didn't understand the nitty-gritty of the work. I was unable to foresee any challenges which might occur in the succeeding shifts, I was afraid to make decisions because of the fear of making the wrong decisions. I was in a dilemma about handling my worker staff because they had ten plus years of experience of work whereas I was very new to this. I decided to take one step at a time. I started conversing with my worker staff, started understanding their problem and also if required I would stand alongside them to work on production lines. My efforts had a positive impact on them, and they started helping me doing my job. This created a bond between us which then transcended into performance. To learn about making a decision, I consulted my senior colleagues and took their perspective on the situation. I slowly started understanding the process of decision making and after some time I mastered the skill. This experience had been a roller coaster ride for me. From being an under performer to getting appreciated for my work, trying to make people very elder to me work and also command them sometimes. Taking advises from my seniors and understanding the politics was something very to me. And it would definitely help me in the future. But the most important lesson I learned was that with hard work and determination, anything can be mastered