Comments on: Handling Conflicting Priorities

By: Jodith

Jodith — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:32:13 +0000

I’m glad it’s helpful. I think I get more questions over supporting multiple managers than anything else.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:27:39 +0000

In my workplace, this article applies and is good information for me to use to better handle everyday situations and my managers different ways of working.
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By: Jodith

Jodith — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:28:04 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Sabrina. I forgot to include asking other admins for assistance. I’ve spent so many years as the only admin in the office I often forget that *laughs*.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:40:40 +0000

I get asked this A LOT in interviews. This is usually what I use too. Most managers seem to think you’re just sitting around thumbing your nostrils waiting, nay, HOPING they give you some work. I always ask when they absolutely need it by, I even let them know up front when I start working for them that I need a due date not “Rush” or “ASAP” because those can be ambiguous. I tell them it helps me “manage my priorities.” Managers seem to eat up that kind of corporate-speak like a dog on Beggin Strips. Then if they have a conflict with each other’s deadlines I do in fact get them together (or at least on the same email) so they can fight it out. Often times they know more about each other’s projects than I do so one might say “Oh, John’s project really is a priority, please do his first” or at the very least they know what’s on my plate and can adjust their expectations accordingly. At my old job we had other Admins on our team we could also reach out to for help in a pinch.