managing the relationship with your boss is very critical to job success.here are few tips. you may either become his close associate or become enemy .this depends on how you c an understand his personality even if the boss shows to be your friend never ever get carried away. he is your boss and will always be that.there are few exceptions but they are very few ,by and large men in power will never become your friend

1. Managing upmanaging your boss Dr. E. J. Sarma 1 September 2011

2. Why manage boss?

3. Trust

4. 2- credibility

5. 3- Value add

6. 4-Peer Feedback

7. Monkey story

8. 5- don’t misuse proximity Once the trust gets established you will feel closer to your boss. Let that not go in to your system and start believing that you are as good as your boss. Secretaries start behaving like bosses to dig their own grave

9. 6-Hubris

10. 7- Be an Advocate

11. 8- Focus on what your mandate was

12. 9-Be visible

13. 10- Discuss concernsdo not confront and annoy

14. Summary- These tips come from what I have seen in many people over three decades Thank you