epoisses_
Petroleum
- Feb 7, 2017
- 67
The company I work for is slowly converting itself to a matrix organisation. Since we're relatively small, we don't have all that much overhead and almost everyone in the upper half of the pyramid has at least 2 caps on (roles to fulfill). Behind the impressive matrix structure it's the same handful of people that try to do all the work invented for them 
Since a few years I have been product manager as well as sales manager to a few key accounts. Maybe it's just me but I have a lot of difficulty finding the right balance and even finding the big picture back in all the work I'm supposed to do. I get all dispersed in spite of trying various ways of working. In one role I have important things to do, the other role brings urgent things and as always the urgent to do's dominate and what is important never gets done.
Tried to attribute certain days to one job and the other days to the other, but such concepts are usually overthrown by every day events, meetings, business trips and what have you.
Tried the Outlook to do list for all the things I should not forget. It's a major stress factor having all those red flags in front of you and I tend to get lost in detail and lose focus completely.
Tried the opposite, deliberately forgot the smallest/least important of actions and focus on what my brain can contain -- made the stress level drop somewhat but not really satisfying in the end.
Right now management wants me to take a more worldwide product manager role -- obviously the rest of my work remains and noone to shove it to because they're all out of their depth.
So I'm wondering how to get cleverer and more efficient and get more done -- or at least get more done of what is important. I'd be thankful for any helpful hint
Since a few years I have been product manager as well as sales manager to a few key accounts. Maybe it's just me but I have a lot of difficulty finding the right balance and even finding the big picture back in all the work I'm supposed to do. I get all dispersed in spite of trying various ways of working. In one role I have important things to do, the other role brings urgent things and as always the urgent to do's dominate and what is important never gets done.
Tried to attribute certain days to one job and the other days to the other, but such concepts are usually overthrown by every day events, meetings, business trips and what have you.
Tried the Outlook to do list for all the things I should not forget. It's a major stress factor having all those red flags in front of you and I tend to get lost in detail and lose focus completely.
Tried the opposite, deliberately forgot the smallest/least important of actions and focus on what my brain can contain -- made the stress level drop somewhat but not really satisfying in the end.
Right now management wants me to take a more worldwide product manager role -- obviously the rest of my work remains and noone to shove it to because they're all out of their depth.
So I'm wondering how to get cleverer and more efficient and get more done -- or at least get more done of what is important. I'd be thankful for any helpful hint