Re: On Office Politics and Being the New Kid

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I agree up to this point.  If Lori's manager is on the ball, he/she 
will avoid the need for Lori to do this by:

a)  If Lori's manager also manages the intranet site 
    manager, announcing at the next staff meeting that 
    he/she is taking advantage of Lori's document 
    experience by assigning her to review the documents 
    on the intranet site and revise them to make 
    improvements, and instructing staff to direct any 
    issues they have with the existing docs to Lori

b)  If the intranet site manager works for a different
    manager, advising that manager that the company
    now has an individual on staff with real document
    experience and securing that manager's agreement
    to transfer responsibility for document revisions to
    Lori (the other manager then makes the above
    announcement)

c)  If there is not sufficient support for Lori to take on
    the documents, instructing Lori to submit her suggestions
    to the intranet site manager and then move on to her
    next project.

Good managers do not dump responsibilities on subordinates
without plowing the field to clear a path for them to successfully
meet them.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janice Gelb" <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>