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Individual Learning Review

I rushed back to my office at 2 pm after two long drilling meetings without lunch. There will be another marketing presentation to host later in the day. Another typical day in office I thought. My mind was distracted with half the time worrying about not being able to meet the deadlines piling on my desk and the other half of the time considering which of the tasks I should do first.

I am the Product Manager in my company. A relatively low management position which comes along with high expectations and wide scope of responsibilities. Besides my primary work from branding the products to mapping the product road map, I am also performing the project management as well as the marketing roles for my division. Wearing three hats at the same time is more than I can cope at work and frankly, not coping well at all.

The moment I got back to my messy table, full of papers from my unfinished tasks, I was called up by my boss. My boss, Jim, has just thrown another urgent deadline of a project at me. He also asked for the product marketing plan which is long overdue. I could not find the time to get it done. With another group of guests to host in the afternoon and the new project that I just received from him, I just wonder if I could ever finish the tasks piling up on my desk considering the amount of late nights that I am already putting in for work. I am so used to fighting fire with short deadlines but I really wish I could plan my time better, do more productive stuff and achieve more from the time spent at work.

I often feel overloaded and overwhelmed by the expectations of my role. I question my efficiency versus being overloaded. Not withstanding the slightest chance of the former to a person who has ranked competency and ambition highly among the instrumental values from Rokeach (1973), I know I need to improve on my time management skills. This has also been suggested by Calopio (2005) who advises that with a rating below 80, I should be trained in...