I worked till 5.30am this morning, went to bed at almost 6am, then woke up at around 10.30am and continued working from 'home' until about an hour ago. Have been having mild headache since morning, which means that the extended sleep deprivation has finally taken a toll on me.
Perhaps what's good came out of this is that i'm finally learning the true meaning of teamwork. All along, i've always been the super nice boss who would take on the excessive workload just so that my subordinates can have a work-life balanced lifestyles. In fact, one of them actually commented to me that they are rather free sometimes, which made me to wonder why am i the one who was so busy all the time.
This year, i decided to change the way i manage my team, and i have actually put it in practice for these few weeks. I simply can't cope with all the things on my own anymore without failing the deadlines. I am off loading the work to the team members even if it means that they have to work extended hours or even over weekends, just like i do. Doing this also means that i gotta be mentally prepared that the team members would eventually start grumbling or saying something like, "she wasn't like that before; she used to be a very nice boss".
Seriously, we can't please everyone in this world. While i have been keeping my team members happy, i am making my boss unhappy at the delays. I've also realised that no matter how good you treat your staff, they will always have things to complain about you, simply because you are the boss. Of course, i will never be nasty to them, but it is really time for them to have the fair share of the workload and be less reliant on me. After all, they are actually quite handsomely paid. In fact, in dollar-to-dollar value, they are actually paid more than me!
Ok, enough of these rants already. Basically, i think all the hard work i put in this week has somewhat paid off in the way that i am quite happy with the output. It has not ended yet, for it will still be a hectic day tomorrow. But i keep telling myself - just one more day, one more day, and then i'll be having fun at Bali.
Uh huh, i'm going to Bali for the whole of next week. This is the first time i'm going to Indonesia. I will be attending two regional conferences there, one of which is organised by our department and i am one of the presenters. That is why all of us are so busy this week, in preparation for the conferences while still doing our daily work and projects.
The first conference is on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then the second one is on Thursday and Friday. I will be flying off on Monday and arrive there in the afternoon. A few of my team members are going too, so we will have half a day there to relax a bit. I am also extending my stay there for the weekend and will only be coming back on Sunday. A few colleagues are doing the same too. I think we all deserve a short break there.
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