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Lots of new responsibilities: Looking for advice
Pranish Kantesaria | Dec 31 2007
Hey all, I just went from being a resident with 0 administrative responsibility (except for patients) to being in charge of the pharmacy department of a 220 bed hospital with about 40 or so people I'm responsible for. Basically I'm freaking out. I need advice and I've just bought GTD and am looking for ways to keep up before I inevitably fall behind. Any advice, suggestions, or anecdotes would be greatly appreciated. [Ed's note: I "bumped" this question because I missed it first time around, and I'd love to hear what sorts of advice people have. -- Merlin] 18 Comments
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 Yet more on the people...Submitted by robgt on December 31, 2007 - 12:41pm.
I agree with Nelking and Brianjdoherty - the people are key to this. Firstly if you don't have intermediaries who manage groups of the 40 people then you probably need to consider doing this. No-one can realistically manage 40 individuals on their own. Even Jesus Christ only managed 12 key people. I've also found it's good to remember that if you spend a large proportion of time investing in your people rather than tasks that they could be doing, you'll get WAY more done. A 5% productivity improvement across 40 people means much more work being accomplished than if you improve your own productivity by 5%! This may be simple stuff and you may have heard it before but these are two of the things I have to keep reminding myself about. » POSTED IN:
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