We’ve all been there. You have a friend or co-worker who is asking for your help. What do you do?
If you are to be truly productive on your own projects and work, you need to say no. And if this is one of your team members, you are not helping them by doing their work. (We’re talking everyday activities, not crises situations.)
What?
Yes, we need to say no. The rationale? If we are working on someone else’s project, we can’t do our own tasks, which means we aren’t productive on our own projects.
This is especially true when we are in 360 Leader mode. We need to support our team member’s activities, and maybe coach or mentor them as well, but we don’t do the work for them. That has to be performed by them or their team members.
But what if we do need to say yes to help someone else out, how can we best handle that so that each of us is maximally productive? (see here for another post)
Consider This…
– Start keeping track of when people ask for your help
– Note if the help asked for is for a critical project
– Factor in the consqeuences of not helping that person
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