Transcript

I know busy people get shit done.

If you are busy and you are a very good performer, you can always do more.

But I as well understand that sometimes it is getting too much then it is really important to be honest and say hey, it is getting too much. To have a conversation with your manager is essential. There is no way around it to talk to that person.

I would be proud to get a lot of tasks, because my manager sees that I'm getting things done.

Is truly too much, or if it's just a wave?

That is something you need to decide for yourself. Is it so much that you can't do it anymore and that it is getting a burden and you get burned out? Or is it stretching you to the next level?

Sometimes what I do as a leader. I help people to grow and put a little bit more than they are normally capable of onto their shoulders, to see how they perform.

If you grow inside of an organization, it doesn't matter if you are a manager or if you are an expert, the pressure onto yourself is only getting higher.

You need to learn to work with that pressure.

I often do that before I promote someone. I put them into a phase where I give them a little bit more work to understand how they perform as potential candidates for the next steps.

If you are in this situation.

Use it as an opportunity.

But if it's getting too much, talk to your manager. Say, I am getting a lot of tasks what is behind that? Maybe the manager is then telling you I want to promote you and that is the reason why I want to test you a little bit.

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