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Matthew Turner

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The Coach: How do I ease a colleague’s return from maternity leave?

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By Matthew Turner
| The Architects' Journal Verified
I have one of the best in my team going on maternity leave soon. As her manager, how can I help her make sure that, when she returns, things will work well for the practice – and for her? A supportive and organised manager before maternity leave can significantly ease return to work. Probably your main practical role is to ensure clarity in good time over how your colleague’s role is covered during her leave, ideally with a meaningful handover time.
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The Coach: I need to collaborate on a project with a difficult colleague

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By Matthew Turner
| The Architects' Journal Verified
I am starting on a project as the senior to the person I find the most difficult in the practice. For various reasons, I can’t change that. How do I make it work? Realise that ‘difficult’ is a perception. Nobody likes to hear this, but it can be that we are partially responsible for why we find a person ‘difficult’. It’s possible this person thinks the same of you. We cannot easily change others, but we can change our own actions, expectations and perceptions to alleviate the situation.
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The Coach: I’m being offered a management role, but I’d rather work on projects

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By Matthew Turner
| The Architects' Journal Verified
It is being suggested that I should take on more management responsibility in our studio. I like my practice, but I don’t think I want this career route; I want to stay doing projects. This is because I really enjoy being a project architect. I work well with contractors and consultants to get the job done and like being in direct contact with the actual built result. I sense that management roles seem to mostly involve pushing paper and dealing with colleagues’ gripes.
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