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Identifying workload or overwork

• Having too much to do, not enough time to perform the required TASKS and not
enough RESOURCES to do the well

• Feel stressed, work longer hours, constantly juggle multiple tasks and
responsibilities

• Make frequent costly errors and notice diminishing quality of work

• Start looking for another job and feel resentful of your current work

• Have a poor work-life balance

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Managing Workload
• Understand organization’s and team strategy and vision – strive to complete value
adding tasks first.

• Think and compile a list of your tasks and the deadlines – decide the ones you can do
on your own, the ones you need help with.

• Relax, breakdown the work according to urgency, communicate early – share your
concerns, clarify things.

• Prioritize effectively and stick with the order – use a criteria to prioritize

• Know when to say NO – other people like to dump tasks on, identify when a tasks does
not belong to you and politely reuse.

• Focus and manage your stress – break a day into sections and find a means to cool off
the stress.