I was informed yesterday that one member of my team is not a team player. That he picks and chooses his tasks, doesn’t offer assistance to his teammates unless it’s in his best interest, and has difficulty both staying on task and managing multiple priorities or tasks at once. Since my team is so understaffed—and I’m looking at the possible loss of at least one more team member—I need to have all hands on deck to avoid what could be a very real problem. One in which things fall through the cracks or get left undone simply because there isn’t anyone to do it, and when you’re dealing with compliance situations this is a problem that I really don’t need. For the moment, I’ve instructed his closest teammates to draw up a go-to list outlining the different tasks that are performed by the group, who holds the primary responsibility for completion, and who is secondary. Once I have this list, I can better delegate and/or rotate work assignments so that everyone is better focused and we can maintain our “we can get it done” reputation.
This is exactly the type of situation that I fear when it comes to management, but I’ll figure it out … even if I have to *gasp* ask for help.
On the upside, I’ll be holding interviews next week to (finally) fill my position, which I vacated 7 months ago. I’m a little apprehensive about conducting six interviews in one day, but I shall persevere.