1. The document provides tips for creating an effective working relationship with one's boss, including learning the boss's style and goals, adapting one's work to meet the boss's needs, keeping the boss informed, and saying thank you. 2. It lists dos such as finding ways to help the boss succeed, communicating preferences, managing one's own performance, and picking battles, as well as don'ts like doing things without approval, making promises you can't keep, and embarrassing the boss. 3. Managing one's boss is important because personal success is linked to the boss's, and a difficult relationship is a major source of stress.

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Managing Boss
Training Leader: Mr. Md. Akbar Hassan
Date: 3rd , 4th & 5th December, 2015
CREATING A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BOSS
• Achieve your career goals and
reduce your stress level.
• Promote yourself by making your
boss look good.

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Boss’ Style
 Authoritarian: My way or the highway.
 Manager: My job is to get the task done.
 Leader: My role is to set a vision and inspire.
 Leader/Manager: My role is to know when to
be hands on and when to inspire.
MANAGING YOUR BOSS WHY ?
Your success is linked to your boss’s - you either
succeed or fail together
You can best meet your needs by ensuring the boss
meets his/her needs
A difficult, unproductive working relationship with
boss is one of the greatest sources of stress

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EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
TO BE AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER OF YOUR BOSS, YOU
SHOULD KNOW CERTAIN DO’S AND DON’T’S
_________________DO’S
Learn everything you can about your boss.
Find out what would further your boss’s success and help
deliver it.
Adapt your work style and habits/moods to those of the boss;
do not expect the boss to adapt to yours.
Find out what are boss’s goals and objectives at work.
Always focus on the objectives when discussing problems
and disagreements.
Make yourself indispensable by learning what your boss
needs to know.
Be a good listener - rather than arguing, help your boss
explore issues by asking probing, open-ended, but
supportive questions

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Keep your boss informed about what is going on.
Never let your boss be surprised by his/her superior
about something going on, or not going on, in your
area of responsibility.
Communicate with your boss in the manner he or she
prefers.
Be attuned to your boss’s shifting needs and issues.
EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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DO’S
Manage your own performance - initiate regular reviews
on how you are doing. Don’t assume your boss knows
everything you are doing. When you do something that
will further the boss’s agenda, make sure he/she knows
about it.
Pick your battles with the boss. Under no
circumstances should you make a mountain out of
every silly things and get a reputation as a complainer.

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Always remember to say “Thank You” to the
boss and to your own subordinates/peers.
Everyone appreciates politeness instead of
rudeness
EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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DONT’S
Do things that your boss does not approve.
Make promises that you cannot deliver
Expose the boss to surprises - if there is bad news, you must
deliver it yourself
Go over the boss’s head to a more superior manager except
in very rare situations
Be defensive when criticized - instead focus on the facts

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EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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DONT’S
Criticize your boss inside or outside of the organization.
Never assume anything you say will remain confidential
Be a “yes person”. Be frank and honest when you disagree,
but focus on mutual objectives
Praise the boss insincerely. The boss and your peers will see
through it every time
Embarrass your boss
EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
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You may think your boss is not an asset to the organization.
- You may think that your boss is not the brightest but he/she got
to their current position because they brought something of value to
organization.
- You may not be aware of your boss’ strengths. In addition,
he/she probably has allies in higher positions.

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You boss is not an empowering type of manager - its either his
way or the highway
- Look for opportunities to prove to your boss that you are competent and
can be trusted. Earn trust.
- Look for ways to suggest ideas to your boss in such a way that
provides an opportunity for them to take credit for the idea as their own.
- Remember that the boss may not always be right, but the boss is
always the boss. Develop alternative approaches to achieve desired goals.
Your boss often pulls rank in order to get you to do
something, even if you do not feel it is in the best
interest of the organization.
- Are you the only person who experiences this type of
behavior? If so, you need to look inwardly to determine what you
can do differently to better manage your boss.
- Never agree to do something that is unethical or illegal.
Immediately request a meeting with your boss’s superior and/or
notify the appropriate authorities.

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