Friday 26 November 2010
Thursday 18 November 2010
on reflection
I could be wrong about what upset her - I have felt that her behaviour has been a wee bit weird towards me on a few occasions before. Today I could tell she was annoyed at me - but I put it down to her being busy and stressed and me pestering her about things.
I'm only in my fourth week at work and already one of my co-workers has
complained about me. I'm totally mortified. It was basically a mis
interpretation of something I wrote in an e-mail.
She complained to my manager that I was just here and telling her how to
do her job - which isn't the same as mine. I understand totally why she
would be upset if this were the case. My job involves co-ordinating
projects of work but has nothing to do with managing people but as it's
a totally new post it's been a bit difficult for me to try to fit in.
Other people arn't always clear on what my role is in projects.
What i think is the problem - since she didn't come directly to me.
Basically i had been discussing sme stuff with my manager about methods
we can use to evalute the experiences of care and 'service user
participation' with people who have difficulty communicating or have
progressed dementia. I had been doing some research about it and come
across a particular method that we could use to observe and record
interactions and behaviour. my manager and I had agreed that the project
that the other worker (A) is also involved in would be a good project
to try it out on and that I would try it out to see if it was effective
before we suggest that other staff used it. A was unable to make the
project meeting where I first discussed this with workers so I had
e-mailled A with a note of this meeting saying that I would be
'observing' and I could show her an example of what I mean.
I can understand how she could have thought this was telling her how to
do her job - but it wasn't what I meant and if she had come to me I
could have addressed the misunderstanding. Fortunately, my manger knew
the background to this and although she had to raise it with me (of
course) did also see it as a mis -comunication.
Now I know I need to go and speak to A about it without making a huge
deal - I apologise for not making myself clear and expalin what I meant,
is the best plan I think. but I don't want to talk in front of others -
in a big open plan office neither so I want to have to arrange a meeting
when a quick chat is enough. and I am so embarrassed about it - I'm
still getting to know people here and A is no longer working on this
particular project - I don't know if that's for other reasons or because
she's refusing to work with me. I've really blotted my copy book here now.
complained about me. I'm totally mortified. It was basically a mis
interpretation of something I wrote in an e-mail.
She complained to my manager that I was just here and telling her how to
do her job - which isn't the same as mine. I understand totally why she
would be upset if this were the case. My job involves co-ordinating
projects of work but has nothing to do with managing people but as it's
a totally new post it's been a bit difficult for me to try to fit in.
Other people arn't always clear on what my role is in projects.
What i think is the problem - since she didn't come directly to me.
Basically i had been discussing sme stuff with my manager about methods
we can use to evalute the experiences of care and 'service user
participation' with people who have difficulty communicating or have
progressed dementia. I had been doing some research about it and come
across a particular method that we could use to observe and record
interactions and behaviour. my manager and I had agreed that the project
that the other worker (A) is also involved in would be a good project
to try it out on and that I would try it out to see if it was effective
before we suggest that other staff used it. A was unable to make the
project meeting where I first discussed this with workers so I had
e-mailled A with a note of this meeting saying that I would be
'observing' and I could show her an example of what I mean.
I can understand how she could have thought this was telling her how to
do her job - but it wasn't what I meant and if she had come to me I
could have addressed the misunderstanding. Fortunately, my manger knew
the background to this and although she had to raise it with me (of
course) did also see it as a mis -comunication.
Now I know I need to go and speak to A about it without making a huge
deal - I apologise for not making myself clear and expalin what I meant,
is the best plan I think. but I don't want to talk in front of others -
in a big open plan office neither so I want to have to arrange a meeting
when a quick chat is enough. and I am so embarrassed about it - I'm
still getting to know people here and A is no longer working on this
particular project - I don't know if that's for other reasons or because
she's refusing to work with me. I've really blotted my copy book here now.
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