The Young Leader Challenge: Dealing with the problem of dual reporting

The workplace of today is not the easiest of places to settle into comfortably. With the daily pulls & pushes from clients & customers, demanding bosses, tight deadlines...the list goes on.

The objective of The Young Leader Challenge is to bring together and share various perspectives around a circumstance/issue that one could face in the workplace.

Case Study 7 – Dual Reporting

In his current role, Kapil reports to two bosses. Both assign him work with short deadlines. What makes things more difficult is that both these bosses do not collaborate often. Consequently, Kapil is facing work overload. He does not want to let either of the bosses down, but time management is becoming a big stress factor for him. How should he deal with the issue?

A. Speak to the bosses individually

B. Share his workload in a common mail to both

C. A combination of A and B

D. Any other

Let us know your comments (50 words max.) by today.

Please remember to share your full name as part of the answer.

The best answers will be featured in The Economic Times issue dated 19 October, 2012.