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Hi Bill,
> > That's one possibility. Another is that they could take time away
> > from your planned duties.
>
> They do take time away from my planned duties, which still have to
> be completed if I'm to meet my obligations
Or you could renegotiate your obligations.
> which I choose to do, which is why I said they took away from the
> free time I would otherwise have available.
Have you made obligations to yourself, or to your family? What
happens to those obligations when you spend more time at work?
> > Another is that you could reduce your planned duties to allow more
> > time for fighting fires.
>
> "They" meaning those above me, I assume.
No, I mean you. You can say, as early as you know, "I'm not going to
meet this obligation." That gives the people to whom you made the
obligation the best chance to find someone else to do those things.
> Yes, they could do that. Then assign those duties to...?
That's a tough problem. It doesn't have to be your problem.
> This is not a simple problem.
No, it isn't simple.
> > I'm imagining that if you took the time to recharge more fully,
> > you'd have fewer fires to fight.
>
> Ever go on vacation? Ever returned to find things were running
> better than when you left? I haven't.
Why are there so many issues that only you can handle?
> Fires, once burning, only get larger unless they're tended.
> Unwatched, fires tend to spring up. At least with the kind of
> organizations prevalent today.
Right. And when I'm stressed, I respond poorly to the fires I'm
fighting, and I even start fires (inadvertently) myself.
> > > It's been both my experience and observation that the higher up
> > > you go in an organization, the larger the number and the larger
> > > the severity of those things.
> >
> > If that is predictable, why don't we plan for it, and schedule
> > fewer conflicting responsibilities?
>
> Good question. Perhaps it's as simple as we don't know how to do
> that yet.
I think it's simpler: If you'll work the hours, the organization sees
no reason to reduce your workload.
Dale
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