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Workload

Meaning in management & leadership, with examples

/ˈwɜːrkloʊd/nounCore term

In management & leadership, workload means: The amount of work a person or team has to do in a given period, often discussed when it seems too heavy or unevenly shared.

In Turkish: iş yükü

How it is used

Managers balance, share, manage or reduce workloads. A workload can be heavy, light or manageable. It often comes up in one-on-ones and when deciding whether to delegate work or hire someone new.

Example sentences

  1. My workload doubled after two people left the team.

  2. Let's look at everyone's workload before we take on the new client.

Common collocations

  • heavy workload
  • manage your workload
  • balance the workload
  • reduce the workload
  • manageable workload
  • prioritizeTo decide which tasks or issues matter most and deal with them first, often because there is not enough time or money for everything.
  • delegateTo give part of your work, responsibility or decision-making power to someone else, usually a person in your team, while still checking that the result is achieved.
  • burnoutA state of physical and emotional exhaustion caused by long-term stress at work, often with low motivation and a feeling of being less effective.
  • headcountThe total number of people employed by an organisation or in a department; also an approved position that can be filled.
  • one-on-oneA regular private meeting between a manager and one member of their team to discuss progress, problems, feedback and development.

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