"I have eight different bosses right now... So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it
." -- Peter Gibbons in the Mike Judge film Office Space, as portrayed by Ron Livingston.
Serving Two Masters: Dividing Your Attention Without Diluting Your Efforts |
While very few of us have suffered the fate of Office Space's Peter Gibbons (with his eight oblivious supervisors), working for multiple bosses within the same company has become a fairly commonplace situation nowadays as matrixed organizations consolidate, shrink, and reorganize. Often these situations last just a few weeks or months; however, sometimes they become permanent. Administrative professionals and project managers are especially prone to the practice.
If you face this situation, consider it just another challenge of the modern economy, designed to keep you on your toes. Take a few precautionary steps, and you can survive it handily. Your biggest challenge will arise from dividing your attention between your multiple "masters," so that everyone winds up happy, including you. So let's look at a few tips to help you hit a home run when management throws you this curveball.
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1. Determine Your Ultimate Boss. Rarely will your bosses be equal in status or priority. Base this on your job description and, if necessary, ask HR to weigh in.
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