Why “I’m working too much” doesn’t work when you need more support or headcount on your team #fyp #careertok #careeradvice #executivepresence #corporatelife

My most successful clients all made one small change to how they ask for things at work, and it's been the difference between them getting real support and them drowning and work. So they stopped talking about their time and started talking about the company's risk. Unfortunately, saying things like "I'm working overtime" or "I'm working seven days a week" gets you nothing. What's more, executives hear when you say things like that is that you have a time management problem and that's not their problem. But saying things like "this deliverable" or "this initiative" is at risk because there is no one to do the work, ended up getting them headcount that they had been asking for for multiple months before they changed their approach. So the lesson is if you're working on a high priority project and you need additional resources to get your work done, framing the team's needs around your time isn't effective. But framing things around the risk to the project or the risk to the company gets executives to act. Because unfortunately people don't react to your problems, they react to theirs, so you have to make it their problem. I'm Ashley, I'm an executive coach and I help people get to where they want to be in their careers. I also write a weekly newsletter on Substack called "Reframed" and you can subscribe for free at the link in my bio.