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When you have more than one boss how do you know whos work comes first?
Yes, in many work contexts, there are multiple stakeholders that want you to complete tasks that they care about. They don't always care about the same tasks and have different priorities. Sometimes bringing these various stakeholders together to talk out priorities helps.
Start with the E.M.(boss) in control of you at that point and time, if need be discuss with him what the other E.M.(boss) wants you to do, then you can figure out which task should be done first and so on. Being a Instructor in a Technical school puts you in a position were you have multiple E.M.s (bosses) and they can ask you to do all different types of tasks at any give time. You have to set down and figure out which one is most important and so on.
That is a great question Lisa. These days, some instructors have multiple bosses and multiple dotted line relationships in the workplace. Tasks come in from many different people. If you are in this this situation, it can be a challenge to figure out which tasks to prioritize. Often times, getting your managers together and talking out priorities as a group is the optimal solution.
