Message #3824

[superninjaadmin]

By you calling a meeting "to get to the bottom of this" was a very bold step--------in the right direction!  Good job, girl!  I am glad you took the iniative to make things better again.  That action alone stands by itself.  



One thing that puzzles me about OM is that she went around looking for feedback on you and when she heard concerns or complaints and negative comments, she took it as gospel and didn't even speak to you about it.  Strange.  Instead, she allowed her imagination to manifest these unsubstantiated stories into something that was blown way out of proportion.  Very unfortunate.  She should have nipped any issues in the bud right away.  



Lioness, please your knowledge of her fault(s) and put them to your benefit.  Don't allow her to ever do this to you again.  You accomplish and control this by always keeping your lines of communication W-I-D-E open with OM.  If she doesn't, you initiate communication.  Tell her the instant that she hears of a problem, you want to be told - you want to fix it right away.  No more "I didn't want to say something because they didn't want to cause waves" or shuffling under the carpet.  



Lioness, I just had my annual performance review with my boss.  In the meeting, I told him I was ready to help him in a larger capacity and take on more challenging projects.  I told him I was willing to help his direct reports (HR, Accounting, Training Departments) with any special projects, too.  Working with these departments will provide me some great experience.  That was yesterday.  Today, I was already asked by HR to help them.  You know what?  That never would have happend if I didn't take iniative or ask my boss.  In a way, I'm creating my own job and doing exactly what I want!!!  Every day I learn something new, and I've been an admin for 20 years!  



You can do the same thing.  Ask and you shall receive!  You can make your job as interesting as you want to.  



Take care and give Nicky a hug for me.  



Super Ninja