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" Your supervisor doesn&amp;#039;t hesitate to fob off tasks to you -- even ones that clearly aren&amp;#039;t your responsibility. While you try to take on everything she assigns, it&amp;#039;s causing you to work weekends, miss deadlines, and look like a slacker to upper management. What to do?  1) Refuse to take on more than you can realistically handle. 2) Calmly explain that you like to help out anyway you can, but the extra projects are causing you to miss your own deadlines. 3) Fib and say you&amp;#039;re working on an assignment for the Big Boss. The correct answer: (2) Delegation is a skill any good manager must master, but it sounds like your supervisor has gone overboard. You&amp;#039;re correct in realizing that taking on these additional tasks gives you a unique opportunity to showcase your talents. However, if your own work is suffering and you miss deadlines in the process, you&amp;#039;ll reap no benefits for all that extra work. Solution: Be upfront. The next time this woman comes to you with a project, accept it only if you can realistically accomplish it. You can also request a special meeting with your supervisor to review your job, so you&amp;#039;re both clear about what your responsibilities really are. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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