Subject: Oversee United Way
Im appointing you to be the company representative to oversee United Way. Youve done a good job the last there years so this year should be piece of cake!
Its true that you know exactly what to do. The job wouldnt be hard for you. But thats just the problem. You wouldnt learn anything either. Youd rather have an assignment that would stretch you, teach you skills, or enable you to interact with new people. Continuing to grow is your insurance of continued employability and mobility. Three upcoming projects in your division might offer growth: creating videos for a town meeting for all employees to be held at the beginning of next quarter, creating an intranet for the company, or serving on the diversity committee. Any of those would be time-consuming, but no more time-consuming than running the United Way campaign.
Write an e-mail message to your boss, asking for something more challenging to do.
