This week I begin the daunting task of imparting all my
knowledge to someone else. It has been
said time and again that “no one is irreplaceable” and yet when one is trying
to train someone it often becomes more like “molding in one’s image”. The truth is that as much as one would like
to think that the job has been done to the best of anyone’s ability, a new
person will always put on their own stamp and make the job their own. And that is as it should be. I can live with
that, I can give up control of the position and the job.
It has been a long time since I’ve trained someone to
take over for me but the mantle of mentorship falls quickly around my
shoulders. There’s a feeling of pride in
what I do and know and there’s a strong element of caring, of wanting the
successor to succeed. I try not to hover
over her shoulder, I won’t criticize if the wording isn’t exactly the same as
what I would do, I remind myself that she is making this her own. The control freak is retiring.
As I begin the onboarding of my replacement I am also
offboarding myself and that feels a little strange. But am I feeling anxiety? Not yet but I know the shoe will drop at some
point.
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