Q for EDF Business Type People: Follow Up

[Sayitloudernow]

Got it. I would say getting involved is definitely appropriate and something I would do were I in your spot. Something like, "have we come to a consensus on the exact wording for the changes at this point?" after a week or two. You could even do what someone else said earlier and say something like "i will be making the changes to the contract ____, I just want to make sure we have decided that this is actually the way we want it before I do so."

[El Diablo]

Dibs,

"Where's that line between being involved and helpful and just being a pest? If you're management, What do you expect of those employees beneath you? At what point do they just start to be inappropriate and invasive?"

The line is the point where it impacts your ability to do a job.

If you have a task that requires something from them for you to succeed, then it's perfectly fine to ask them, and that shows initiative to do the job right and is in general very positive.

If it doesn't impact you at all when they finish, then you're just being a bother.

[KurtSF]

Dids,

Follow up with the Provost by phone or in person. No paper trail, easy to be tactful, or mend fences if needed. The tone should be something like "Hey Provost, I've been following the discussion, but I'm unclear as to if a change was made. Could you help me."

Know what I'm sayin'?

[BPA234]

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Current disagreement wrt procedure between me and my boss.

One of my responsiblies is to implement changes in contract language to our contracts and the websites that reference them.

There is currently an email discussion between our Vice Provost (leader of organization, my bosses bosses boss) and two memebers of the AG's office about some changes in contract language.

My boss suggests that I should take this email, file it, and if I hear nothing for 2 weeks follow up with the group. Her feeling is this makes me look proactive and invested.

My feeling is that it's simply not ok for somebody at my level to be doing this to people that high up the food chain. My boss doens't feel this way at all, and has upset a few people in this organization because she's stepped on their toes and told them how to do their jobs. That said, she also has a reputation as somebody who gets things done and is way on top of stuff.

So it's something of a cost/benefit question. This is University Admin stuff, but I would be interested in responses across various fields. Where's that line between being involved and helpful and just being a pest? If you're management, What do you expect of those employees beneath you? At what point do they just start to be inappropriate and invasive?

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Obv, worthless without pics. As to your question, I would not write an email. Can you call and follow-up? This whole process seems like it would present an opportunity to build some relationships with upper management. If it were me, I would call the party and state my purpose in a polite and direct manner.

One thing I can tell you with certainty is you should never write an email that points out a personal deficiency to anyone who is a peer or a superior.