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Why does nobody talk about writing recommendations before anyone asks for them?

Took me 6 months to understand what my old boss at a logistics firm in Cleveland meant. He kept circling my weekly inventory summaries because I only listed numbers and flagged delays after they happened. He said I was writing like a clerk, not an analyst, and told me to start adding a recommendation line with a dollar figure attached. First few weeks I fought it hard, felt like I was overstepping my role and guessing too much. Then I tried his approach on a shipment issue that cost us roughly $4k in late fees, I wrote out three fix options with costs. My manager forwarded my note straight to the VP and I got pulled into the next planning meeting. Now I never submit a report without at least one clear next step. Has anyone else had a boss whose advice seemed wrong until you actually tried it for a real project?

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joel60312d ago

Read somewhere that most managers would rather you bring solutions than problems, even if the solution is wrong. Took me forever to get that through my head too, always thought I'd get blamed for guessing wrong. But yeah, your boss basically handed you a cheat code for moving up.