Q4 Clue 901 | Since it's quiet anyway… The holiday period seems like a good time to take on extra work. Until the day-to-day work carries on, your colleagues are away, and this quiet period suddenly turns out to be quite busy.
Likes to use the quiet period to update schedules, improve processes and finish things off properly. But even these extra tasks have to fit in somewhere amongst the day-to-day work.
Wants to make the most of the quiet weeks to get ahead and make rapid progress. The schedule is filled ambitiously, meaning that ultimately there’s more on the plate than is achievable.
Takes over the work of absent colleagues whilst also trying to clear a backlog of tasks. By constantly stepping in to help, the workload can build up considerably without them realising it.
Sees plenty of scope for new ideas and enthusiastically tackles various tasks. When the day-to-day work keeps coming in, all those exciting plans together end up taking up a lot of time after all.
Before you know it, the quiet period turns out to be one of the busiest times of the year. Sound familiar? What had you been putting off for ‘when things quieten down a bit’?