Prioritising workloads when you have a lot of ideas

 In my previous organisation, my immediate manager had gone for leave hastily and there was improper hand-over and take-over done. However, with excitement as it was my first time to work a bit independently and closer to the next overall manager, I felt it was not an issue but my time to shine. Within a week, I began to face lots of workloads as I was interfacing with the management, ordinary staff and clients. The overall manager requested that a tactical plan (which had been partially completed) be completed and submitted to him the following week. It became almost unbearable and my immediate manager was unreachable on phone.

I then went to a sister unit, humbly explained my challenge and sought advice and tips from the manager there. He cordially and gladly showed me how to prioritise workloads. He said Information coming-in is filtered and categorized by marking as: 'priority-to-do-later', 'urgent-to-do-now', ' or not-necessary-file away or delete'. I followed my schedule as advised, worked on the tactical plan and completed it on time. I then re-organised my office, removed clatter, ranked data sources and put files in order.  Within 3 weeks the pressure had subsided. I learnt to cooperate with others and schedule tasks in the order of importance.

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