replace: can I ask my employee not to put papers on my desk?
Remember the letter-writer whose employee stored placing papers on her desk, even after she had requested them to cease? Here’s the replace.
Your response was validating and useful! The very subsequent day after my query went dwell, I was getting back from getting espresso when I noticed my direct report, Lauren, leaving my workplace after putting papers on my desk! I’m not positive if she’d deliberate it that method, however this gave me a good avenue to use our subsequent assembly to ask why she insisted on this after I’d requested her not to. She regarded shocked, however shared she did it as a result of she thought it was the most effective technique. I realized she had additionally traditionally been stacking (and perhaps tidying) her papers on prime of my present paperwork and folders (papers on my desk for lively initiatives, or folders with worksheets for classes I facilitate), which is why I wouldn’t “see” the brand new papers.
Thanks to your recommendation, I was clear and didn’t waffle about giving her options. I appreciated the commenter strategies for an inbox or inflatable penguin — so cute! — and can hold these in my pocket for the long run. A commenter helped me keep in mind that we already use a shared digital file to observe our assembly agendas that I evaluation prior to each assembly, and asking Lauren to hyperlink or add info into this doc would catch each of the problems of retaining solely bodily copies and not digitizing info that ought to be searchable.
I additionally added some group to my desk so despite the fact that it has the identical quantity of issues on it, it appears way more intentional and fewer messy! Thanks Alison and everybody on your recommendation!
