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I've since learned that the task of a team leader is to create a team and systems that are responsive, organised, and get the job done.
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If you can do that with plans and checklists, great, but if not you have options, or I certainly did.
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Having said all that, what do I do to organise myself. My principle job as it is for many people is to clear out my inbox of all the pressing things in it.
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Having said all that, what do I do to organise myself. My principal job as it is for many people is to clear out my inbox of all the pressing things in it.
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My priorities shift a lot and what's important on a Monday morning can be forgotten by Thursday afternoon. That's just how it is in my job. I try to
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help the team to stick to what they're doing and not get tossed around by events but if I worked like that there would be lots of (rightly) angry people in my inbox.
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And of course a decent chunk of my time is spent in meetings. I try to go where I'm needed and not go where I'm not needed but sometimes it can feel like there is a lot
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to keep on top of.
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I use [Todoist](https://app.todoist.com) to keep track of the things that I do actually do apart from clearing out my inbox and going to meetings.
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The team do tag me on GitHub and I do try to keep up with it but because it isn't my main place to look GitHub notifications can fall through the cracks.
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I use [Todoist](https://app.todoist.com) to keep track of the things that I actually do apart from clearing out my inbox and going to meetings.
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The team tag me on GitHub and I do try to keep up with it but because it isn't my main place to look GitHub notifications can fall through the cracks.
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The team know I always appreciate a nudge on stuff they're waiting for and I try to get to things when or before people nudge me.
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I'm a great believer in the power of pen and paper to help one think and I do do that when I'm doing something knotty, but honestly these days I
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rarely am. People bring me stuff, I try to say something helpful about it, and they go on their way. My team have all the brilliant insights and do the important
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work. I just offer prompts and questions to help us through when things seem a bit uncertain.
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work. I just offer prompts and questions to help us through when things seem uncertain.
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