ABOUT THIS EPISODE
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You're competent, responsive, and helpful. That's exactly why everyone dumps their problems in your inbox. People figure out fast that if they send it to you, it gets done. So they keep sending. Meanwhile your actual job suffers and your workload turns into a pile of other people's emergencies.
In this episode, I'll show you how to redirect emails and requests without getting labeled unhelpful or difficult.
We cover how to: acknowledge, redirect, and offer minimal guidance only if you want to. You'll get the exact templates for the situations you hit every week. Wrong person. Outside your role. No bandwidth. Not enough context. The "quick favor" that's never quick.
Then we get into the advanced moves. The strategic forward. The boomerang. The process redirect. The clean manager escalation. You'll learn when helping is the right call and when it's just you being the path of least resistance again.
We also handle the pushback, because it's coming. "But you helped last time." "You're the only one who knows how." "You're being difficult." I'll give you the lines to hold you boundaries.
And if your boss is the one doing the dumping, there's a specific move for that too.
Being helpful was never supposed to mean being available for everyone's problems. Redirect with confidence.
Need coaching on your own situation? Email me at badbossguide@gmail.com.
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