So I was completely down for the count having beaten myself to bits over what's been going on at work. I kept getting the feeling that I was the dumb kid in class by the way I was always having to answer for the ineptitude of some of my workers. On Friday, I sat with the Area Director and was actually quizzed (yes, QUIZZED) on the program I supervise and guess what!? I DO know my stuff. It occurred to me then that this issue of feeling like the dunce was not my issue at all. I have given them the tools they need, I have trained them to use the tools, I have even created innovative short cuts to make their work loads easier. Some of them STILL can't cut it and my epiphany is this - the problem lies with THEM, not ME! Time to take a realistic look at what's happening here and make them understand that the responsibility for the quality of their work is theirs and theirs alone. I can help them, I can teach them, I can support them but I cannot hold their hands forever and I'll be damned if I'm going to take the fall for what they lack.
Somehow, as mercenary as that all sounds, I feel so much better about my job today. Things are looking up!
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