New Job, Imposter Syndrome, and Nothing to Blog

Okay, so maybe "nothing to blog" is stretching it. To put it mildly, however, I've been in a spin since starting my new job a week ago yesterday. This is the first time I have entered an established group and taken a role as its leader. When I've been a supervisor before, the team was formed at the same time I was hired. I'm discovering it's much, much easier to integrate a team that is all new to each other than one that has known each other and in some cases had conflicts with each other, for months or years.

I have seen a few of my old clients, which was nice, and they seem happy but a little disoriented to see me in this new place. Mostly, I've been waiting for the technical stuff to be dealt with, getting a phone and all my computer permissions lined up, while going through the typical battery of new-hire orientation stuff (and much more to come).

I am learning the billing system for the clinical services, because I will be responsible for overseeing and signing off on all of my team member's billing hours. The other new supervisor comes from within the system, so she has less of a curve, but I'm beginning to realize that my supervisor hired complementary supervisors. She is a nuts and bolts kind of person, and I'm a flight of ideas kind of person. I think we'll get along well.

I have already done my first productivity report, and have my first employee evaluation due on Friday (yearly evaluations do not wait for new supervisors to get to know their staff -- this is going to be interesting). I'm starting to sprinkle phrases like "in a meeting" and "do lunch" into my vocabulary inadvertently. Before too long I might become a (non profit) corporate goon.

In any case, I like my new boss, my new job doesn't seem to be anything I can't handle, and my job burnout has flown away. Oh, and I got an exercise ball for my home computer. If it works out, I might get one for my one at work, too.