structural development

 As promised, I'll be in touch again briefly to write about my impressions "after the holiday".

My return was a little different than planned. In theory, I always think of it as very simple.

I start the holiday with a few days before "departure". After staying outside your own four walls, there is enough time for familiarization. That's the theory. puff cake. As is so often the case, I take care of everything at the last whistle. The holiday effect was passé for me this year when I opened the mail program. Oh well. Maybe not quite. But the sheer volume of unread virtual letters was literally staggering.  

It's no use - nevertheless there are things that suffer

Deleting that many messages is not an option. Of course, there are also a few questions from the team that would like to be answered. That's right. That's exactly what I want. A team, but above all the management, should always have an ear for this. Even if the abundance of topics massively accelerates the ticker of the still-to-do list. I had to postpone a lot of the work. Some of the team received a short message "sorry, the ends of my hair are on fire, I haven't forgotten you - help is coming soon", others had to carefully remind me. There are also time chains that are not set by us. It's not good to have to ask. Because the quality suffers as a result. Just answering or deciding everything quickly somehow, can't be a solution either.  

Does it have to be better? 

Honestly, I need some advice here. I've tried to implement quite a few ideas. I haven't found the drug of choice yet. But time in between to sift through mails (at least roughly)? But just delete everything? Communication with the team always helps me. The ENO is characterized by rapid project changes. There are often changes in the plans. New ideas. requests and tasks. That's what's exciting for me. So I think it's good the way it is. If nobody wrote to me anymore, I would certainly be sad. If no one from the team approaches me to ask about a decision, that would be fatal. Despite all reflection, this is actually "my way". Now I've found "rhythm" again, it feels good. I laugh a lot and am happy about crazy actions (like in the picture).  

And yet I'm of course looking forward to the next break with my family, no question about it!