Anyone who’s supervised an even occasionally fractious staff team knows that keeping colleagues on track can consume an inordinate amount of your time, energy and focus … sometimes at the expense of the work you need to also produce specifically for your executive.
Even if it doesn’t drive you to drink, it can wear you down
So, how do you balance both sets of responsibilities while also maintaining your own sense of vision and direction?
A few years ago, I landed a job in which the staff members – most of whom were older than me – just did not get along as a team.
Click here to read how I approached this challenge of team building while keeping my own head above water.