I can't work 20-hour days anymore!
Feeling strain of key members of staff being away quite badly. Endeavouring to put a positive spin on it, I can safely say that it is an immense tribute to my head of woodwork, to find just how badly that department fares with him away.
A hugely competent and high-performing department turns into a gibbering wreck of little-producing negativity. Note to self: must, must, must remember to explain this to head on return, firstly on basis that he needs to spend some more time training up his second and, in addition, to try and get it through to him just what a valuable member of staff he is.
Am endeavouring to push that failing department, while at same time push finishing department to keep going with what they have got on, knowing that it will all go horribly wrong on us if things backlog. No department is an island and all that.
Am also trying to do job of Second-in-Charge, who is now into second week off and we still are none the wiser as to how long this is going to last for.
Have to realistically face the facts that I cannot do what I have been attempting to do, ie. design and prototype furniture for and write a 100-page brochure by September, run the company, be ops manager and sales manager 'till we have one. Have tried this week but, though it galls me to admit it, am too old now to do 20-hour days, seven days a week like I used to be able to under crisis.