Growth
Change the workload when priorities collide
Whennew work conflicts with staff commitments
Review the conflicting commitments with the employee. Decide what to delay, shrink or reassign within your authority. If approval sits elsewhere, bring concrete options there and return with the decision.
- Try saying
- This new job puts Friday’s order at risk. I can move the stock count; if both must stay, I will seek cover and update you by noon.
Start tiny
Name one task the new work puts at risk.
Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea
Health and Safety Executive, Management Standards: Demands. Read the source ↗ Work demands should be achievable within agreed hours. This manager trade-off procedure is an editorial adaptation, not a trial-tested intervention.
Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.
