Praises & Critics

Counting down 45 minutes to knocking off. Within these 45 minutes, will I need to handle any sudden/surprise cases? Will I receive any last minute big arrows from my boss? I hope not.

It seems as if I am so free now to be able to blog. But frankly speaking, I still have quite a number of stuffs to handle, mostly plannings and devising projects which I cant complete within a couple of hrs. I ve decided to leave them till tmr and give myself a break after a long hectic day.

Not long ago, I gathered all my foremen and 13 team leaders for a briefing on a new scheme implemented. As I have got no stage fright and am experienced in talking to a large crowd, hence conducting such a briefing is a breeze for me. However, I thot i wasnt too effective so far in giving instructions. I may be talking out aloud with confidence + without missing any essential pts, but I felt as if my instructions have not been effectively brought across. In other words, I couldnt connect to the audience.

My Foreman feedbacked me positively that I did a good job in conducting last week's meeting and today's briefings. He has compared me with my manager who previously did my job. He always thot i was soft spoken but was alarmed when I sounded much more confident and steady as he has expected. Still, I feel a bit uneasy having to give instructions to ppl who are definitely much more experienced than me.

To add on further, another 2 foremen feedbacked to me that I appeared to be too 'soft' and 'weak'. I have been smiling and not harsh enough, both towards the staffs and the taxi drivers. They were worried that I will have difficulties to handle the staffs, and the hirers will take advantage of me by making unreasonable demands. I duno wat to say.. i have nothing to defend myself and as a newbie, I can only try to be humble now. But its a tiring process...