Confused by new role - WWYD?
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Anonymous
ditto. I assumed OP must be CTO or COO etc. Which is why I found it odd another C-suite would not know how to handle a situation like this. |
Anonymous
Yes, it's appropriate to have this conversation a few weeks in. The best advice in the above scripts is this one: I'd like to explore projects more in line with [insert your job description/whatever you actually want to do] Don't say anything bad about what you are doing now. "You are happy to do whatever is asked! You would also really like to [XYZ]." |
Anonymous
Of course you are. You say I’d like to know who is responsible for communications and PowerPoint presentations so I can connect with them to complete these requests. |
Anonymous
I'm not OP, but I don't understand why you thought that. OP ends the post by saying she wants to be an executive one day. |
Anonymous
OP, don't be offended by this comment as the PP's point is probably relevant here. I'm not sure your being a woman is the cause of you getting menial tasks, but I'd agree with PP that your reaction to it is more typical of a woman. You sound unsure and anxious and almost afraid to bring it up with your manager/CEO. If you continue like this you will end up being treated as the EA even if the current situation is not intended by the CEO. |
Anonymous
NP. I'd be careful. I can't tell if she is doing both what she was hired to do AND clerical things, or if the clerical things have to do with executing the job she was hired to do since she doesn't have an assistant. I think OP is rightfully trying to analyze the situation before saying something and sounding like a Prima Dona. That said, if other people are asking her to do assistant-type work for them, then I would definitely bring it up to her boss. While I am happy to do the work to bring the projects you and I are working on to fruition, I am concerned that other higher level people are asking me to do their assistant's work as well. Or something. |
Anonymous
Because the phrase “working in the C-suite” usually means working a C-level job, not working as a manager for people in the C-suite. |
Anonymous
| This sounds like a Chief of Staff position I've seen in big trade associations. They are the glue within large functions, keep the trains running along on projects and initiatives and help with internal communication...but it often ends up being lots of seemingly administrative responsibilities. Is this a new role for the company? |
Anonymous
Ah, if this is the case, then OP needs to just work like crazy to get it all done. |
Anonymous
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If I were OP, I would say I'm getting busy and ask to whom I can delegate some tasks, since her title is manager. Better yet, go to the boss and tell him Ted is good with PowerPoint so you'd like permission to assign him the task.
Those tasks are vague. Drafting letters could mean substantive correspondence or slapping addresses on form letters. Delegate what you can but remember to review their work because you're responsible for it. |
Anonymous
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If I were OP, I would say I'm getting busy and ask to whom I can delegate some tasks, since her title is manager. Better yet, go to the boss and tell him Ted is good with PowerPoint so you'd like permission to assign him the task.
Those tasks are vague. Drafting letters could mean substantive correspondence or slapping addresses on form letters. Delegate what you can but remember to review their work because you're responsible for it. |
Anonymous
| I think OP has a desk physically within "the suite that houses the executives". |
Anonymous
This is OP and that is correct. |
Anonymous
| Ask for an assistant. |
Anonymous
| You’re a project manager attached to the leadership team. That’s your job and that sounds like what you’re being asked to do. |