Gina,

It's really interesting that you describe how your position evolved until it was able to envelope another as well.  There a balancing act sometimes when we ask people to do more.  Sometimes it's a legitimate and natural change that makes sense.  Sometimes it's a cost-saving measure that makes the job a lot harder.  I am glad that it seems to be the former in your case.

Your story does point out two important aspects for people in today's workplace...  the ever increasing role of technology as a tool to make us all more effective and the need for everyone to be nimble, to be ever learning new skills and gaining more knowledge.  Both of these seem increasingly vital in the jobs of today and those yet to be created  tomorrow,

I hope you are right in that it is possible for leaders to remain effective over the long-term.  Because this is the way we tend to do things in a lot of businesses, I think you are right in that they too need that level of nimbleness in order to be successful.

Thank you for dropping by, reading, and commenting.

Deb