So she cried again

[shootingstar]

Maybe, she has just placed her mother in nursing home. I have a father who's dying of cancer...she knows that.

I dunno, she looked disturbed today, when I got excited about an area ..skills related that I have/like and she doesn't know much about the subject expertise area. You know what I'm really sayin' about what's happening here...

Look, I've been a manager/supervisor in other jobs and found the best way to deal with strong, expert staff was....to let them shine in their areas of expertise. I'm tired of ***** footing around but anyway....

My partner at the most unexpected times, when I tell him of yet another work related incident, tells me: "You are dealing with an insecure manager." And my response has been: "Interesting that you say that. She sounds very strong and assertive, etc."

What frustrates me is the simplest things I expect of a manager, simple business planning from a management perspective, coordinating multiple projects...is not what she is doing at all. She doesn't know how to. She's very good at tackling the immediate issues placed before her. And she's played supervisory roles for the last 20 yrs. My partner who was with an oil firm, said that there was a big difference between strictly operational managers vs. managers who know how to do business planning, project planning. The final assertion surprised me: Isn't that what management is?

It's ok, I can live with this. She has other good qualities. It's just that it drains my energy and morale when I see things which could be easily solved with some foresight and vision.

Life moves on....too bad I have to wait for retirement in a decade.