Whenever I take up a task, I stretch too hard to achieve the targets. This sometimes takes a toll on my health as I do not compromise on the quality of the work. Because of this nature of mine I was unable to say no to anyone any new additions and landed myself and others into trouble. But I have been working on this and made significant improvements. I started making the list of works/tasks each day along with time that each task would take. I also kept timelines made for the different tasks I or my junior personnel working under me are undertaking, with detailed description on who is doing what and keeping it updated so that if there is any task addition, that gets added too in the list. It helped a lot in letting people know what I am currently working on and what is the feasibility of any additional task. I was appreciated for this initiative in the company I was working with which helped the team in better man power allocation and the practice was adopted by the entire team.
I am always ready to help my fellow colleagues. I even stayed late in the office to assist others. Though I felt good about this, but lately I realised that some people used to take advantage of this and used to transfer their workload on me. I realised with time that I need to help only those who are willing to learn, without losing my time on those who just want to take advantage.
I believe when there are a lot many deliverables and various points to share, presenting those ideas creates a little issue for me. Being crisp and clear is of foremost importance and thus I have been paying great attention to this. I have made it a point to create a pointwise summary of the things that I shall be presenting and it has helped to better communicate my ideas to the audience
