Biggest Challenges Faced By A Director Of Business Operations At Select Star
Alec, Director of Business Operations at Select Star, cites prioritization and time management as the biggest challenges, stating that "there's so much stuff to do and not enough hours in the day." This necessitates focusing on high-impact activities and accepting "perfect is the enemy of good," a crucial lesson learned in their new sales-related role.
Prioritization, Time Management, Project Management, Overcoming Challenges, Leadership
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Alec Bialosky
Director of Business Operatins
Select Star
Tufts 2011
UCLA Anderson (MBA)
Engineering - Civil
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Operations and Project Management
Video Highlights
1. Prioritization and time management are crucial skills in this role due to the volume of tasks and limited time.
2. Balancing the pursuit of perfection with the need for timely execution is essential; aiming for 'good enough' rather than perfection allows for progress.
3. Developing resilience and the ability to move on from setbacks is necessary, especially in sales-related aspects of the job.
Transcript
What are the biggest challenges you face in your role?
The challenges are prioritization and time management. There's so much to do and not enough hours in the day. It's important to focus on the highest impact activities and block out everything else that isn't the most critical thing.
It's constantly changing, and that's a big challenge. Along with that is understanding that "perfect is the enemy of good." Given our constraints, it's better to get 80% of the way there and ship it, rather than spending all your time trying to get the perfect thing done.
If you do that, nothing will get done. We don't have enough people, and not enough of them. Learning to be okay with that is really challenging.
The other thing I've found, as this is kind of my first time in a sales-related capacity, is you do hear "no" a fair amount. Getting used to that, trying to overcome it, and having a short memory helps you move on to the next opportunity.
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