Manage Your Boss In 5 Simple Steps
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I have had the good fortune of being gainfully employed for most of my 17 years since college graduation. In that time, I have worked for at least a dozen different individuals. Heaven knows, they have been a very diverse group of people! Regardless of the boss's personality and work style, one thing held true - I had to do what I could to make them happy. After all, they were signing my paycheck! Below are my five secrets to managing my boss, and therefore, keeping him or her happy.
Give your boss regular updates, even if he or she doesn't ask for it. Yes, this is just another form of "communication". Some bosses will demand regular updates, while others don't. But all bosses want to know that progress is being made, especially on high-profile projects. Don't save bad news or problem issues for later. The sooner you let your boss know there is a problem, the faster the two of you can work together to come up with a solution. I know, this can be scary, and some bosses don't take bad news well. But it's better to get the issue out on the table. Trust me, you don't want to wait until the day a project is due to tell your boss that the deadline was impossible to attain!
Remember that all businesses are organizations and that to get ahead you need to be organized too. And that organization needs to be obvious. When you meet with your boss, always know what you need to cover from most important to least. That way your boss will be impressed with your ability to prioritize and if you run out of time, there will never be any important issues that get left unresolved.
While many of us wrinkle our noses at the concept of 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease', it is a fact of life. An important component of managing your boss is to make sure that important things they need to do for your projects get done. Notice I said projects. Constant follow ups on what end up being personal gains will annoy your boss and possibly undermine how your boss sees you.
Make your boss look good and, if you can, make their peers look good also. If you constantly make your boss look good they will keep you with them as they rise. If you occasionally make their peers look good (and they realize it) you are positioning yourself to be seen as someone who'll make anyone look good and thus become a coveted employee. If they end up with an opening that could be a promotion for you, you'll be a shoe in if they already know and respect you.
Be grateful for the job and be respectful of the burdens your boss is carrying. All to often all we see is a person who's making more money than us and, perhaps, we are a bit envious of them. We start expecting them to be more intelligent, more mature, and more subject to our needs. But think of the impact you will create when you let your boss know that you are happy to have your job and respect them as a person. I'm not advocating being some sort of overly optimistic happy Harry or to kiss up to your boss at every turn. No it's a quiet gratitude and gentle respect I'm advocating.
When you analyze these 5 steps you'll quickly see that treating your boss as a human with respect and doing your job in a positive organized manner just makes good sense. We can't all be perfect every day so don't expect that out of your boss. Start working with them as your ally and all sorts of good things will grow out of it.
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