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5 strategies to manage your boss

The art and science of managing your boss
08th September ,2007

How often do you blame your boss when you get frustrated at work? Why doesn't he/she give you more notice of new projects? Why doesn’t he/she give you more time? Or less work? Or more support? Or less interference? By learning to manage your boss, you can take back some of the control over the situation, and so try to ensure a good working environment for yourself.

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3. Understand your boss’s management style There are many different, natural styles of management. Some are better than others in certain situations and for certain people. The problem is figuring out what works best when, and for whom. Recognize that your boss is struggling with that exact issue.

Adapt your needs and reactions to your boss’s style and understand your own preferred style as both a subordinate and in managing the relationship with your boss. Here are some prompts that will get you thinking about your boss’s preferred way of working with others:

How does your boss like to receive information? (Memos? Email? Spoken directly? Some other way?)
How does your boss set out his or her expectations?
What are your boss' specific expectations of you in terms of productivity, results, dress, demeanor, etc...?
What type of communicator is your boss?
How does he/she handle bad news or unexpected events?
How does he/she react to his or her own boss?

By knowing what type of management style your boss uses, and understanding the type of style you prefer, you can start to uncover any sources of disagreement and dysfunction and hopefully do something about them.

Another tip is to examine what it is your boss appreciates in his subordinates (how do the “chosen ones” act?) and then try to develop some of those attributes.

4. Make your Boss Look Good
Everyone responds to praise. When you perform in ways that make your boss look good, he or she will get praise from people higher up in the organization.

Solve problems effectively
If you're asked to do something important that seems impossible, do your level best to think creatively
If you can't solve a problem yourself, make sure you have a proposed solution when you go to your boss for help
Meet your deadlines, or if you're going to miss them, make sure your boss knows well in advance and knows why you're not able to meet them
Produce truly outstanding results

The flip side of this is not to do anything that makes your boss look bad, and not to behave in such a way that he or she has to defend you. After all, if you do something your boss has to defend, other people in the organization will be wondering why he/she is not controlling what’s going on within his/her team.

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