Message #79964

[peaches2160]

Seven years ago, I too was asked to work for an executive, the head of our dept.  after giving it some thought I interviewed and accepted the role.  During the first 3 mos I was challenged....to say the least.  For the life of me, nothing would go right. The harder I tried, the worse it got.  He sensed my frustration and called me into his office.  We had a talk.  He realized there was a lot I was trying to grasp, and that his previous asst had actually set me up to fail.  He also realized we needed to communicate and that day was the turning point.  7 yrs later, I am still his asst and we have become a very good team.  Give it time, schedule weekly "catch up" meetings.  Have a list of items that are hot.  A project timetable of the hot items will keep you both in sync.  It takes time to learn habits, likes and dislikes, contacts, etc.