Wobble

Abstract work

The higher up the organization chart you go, the more that you’ll find that the day-to-day concerns you are dealing with are more abstract, uncertain, and just plain messy. If you’re brand new to management, dealing with this very human element of the workplace can be stressful. Whereas, days spent as an individual contributor allowed constant focus around (mostly) well-defined pieces of work, your days spent as a manager open you up to issues and interactions that are much harder to define, contain, and resolve.

In addition to the unstructured ...