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Monday, September 21, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
About Volunteering
Good day. How are you doing?
I'll like to share a tip that has been helpful in my career.
While I was in University, I worked as a staff (unpaid of course) in my fellowship's secretariat. I picked up a lot of skills that I may not have been opportuned to pick up otherwise. I still use some of the skills I picked up then in my job and other areas of life today.....
In the course of my career, I've ALWAYS volunteered to do more than what I'm paid to do. I started out volunteer to work with the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team to champion the concept of minimizing waste by reducing, re-using and recycling. It is a Sustainable Development concept that my organization believes in.
Soon, I was invited to join a team that would lead the organization that would focus on the development of young professionals (including myself) at work. That was apart from my regular job and I had to work majorly on my own time to deliver required outcomes. It was a thankless job really but I got the opportunity to try out some of my own ideas. The organization continues to date and some of my inputs are still being used. I also learnt so many things that have been instrumental in my current role. It also gave me more exposure in the organization that I mat have had if I didn't agree to join the organization (though that wasn't on my mind AT ALL when I agreed to join the team).
I've been invited to join some other non work-related teams that I've declined because they didn't seem to add value, in my opinion. So, I'm not saying that you should keep saying 'yes' to every "opportunity" that opens up. Some 'opportunities' are the reason why you don't have time to do the things that TRULY matter.
At a point, a customer insisted that I should be the one to fill a role that was outside my job description. He had observed how I handled a task that some consider mundane. I learnt the skill that the customer was willing to pay for while volunteering in my fellowship secretariat.
I can go on and on about my fantastic volunteering experiences. However, I don't want to bore my readers with too many stories. Please share your views and experiences about volunteering.
I'll like to share a tip that has been helpful in my career.
While I was in University, I worked as a staff (unpaid of course) in my fellowship's secretariat. I picked up a lot of skills that I may not have been opportuned to pick up otherwise. I still use some of the skills I picked up then in my job and other areas of life today.....
In the course of my career, I've ALWAYS volunteered to do more than what I'm paid to do. I started out volunteer to work with the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team to champion the concept of minimizing waste by reducing, re-using and recycling. It is a Sustainable Development concept that my organization believes in.
Soon, I was invited to join a team that would lead the organization that would focus on the development of young professionals (including myself) at work. That was apart from my regular job and I had to work majorly on my own time to deliver required outcomes. It was a thankless job really but I got the opportunity to try out some of my own ideas. The organization continues to date and some of my inputs are still being used. I also learnt so many things that have been instrumental in my current role. It also gave me more exposure in the organization that I mat have had if I didn't agree to join the organization (though that wasn't on my mind AT ALL when I agreed to join the team).
I've been invited to join some other non work-related teams that I've declined because they didn't seem to add value, in my opinion. So, I'm not saying that you should keep saying 'yes' to every "opportunity" that opens up. Some 'opportunities' are the reason why you don't have time to do the things that TRULY matter.
At a point, a customer insisted that I should be the one to fill a role that was outside my job description. He had observed how I handled a task that some consider mundane. I learnt the skill that the customer was willing to pay for while volunteering in my fellowship secretariat.
I can go on and on about my fantastic volunteering experiences. However, I don't want to bore my readers with too many stories. Please share your views and experiences about volunteering.
#Tentmakers
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
MICROMANAGEMENT
I work in a project based organization and as such, I work across projects with different project managers.
I've observed that with the same team (myself inclusive), the project manager that micro-manages every aspect of his project is not getting results as much as the project managers that give us the leeway to make smaller decisions and only escalate to them when required.
A colleague said (and I agree) that when you micro-manage your subordinates, you cause them to stop thinking and it is very draining.
I had a discussion with another colleague that I've had to micro-manage because he needs it, really, that I'm about to stop because it's draining ME. I detest micro-managing but after a few terrible errors, I had to switch to micro-managing mode. We've agreed to practise a semi-micromanaging system where we discuss priorities for the week on Mondays, I check with him on how things are going on Wednesday and we do a full review of the week on Friday. I pray it goes well...
I'm interested in your micro-managing stories and views...Is micro-managing EVER justified? Why? Why not? Any alternatives? Any funny stories?
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