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Managing your boss

Writer's picture: Meg BearMeg Bear

Updated: 19 hours ago

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Here at TalentedApps we have had a few discussions about bosses (both good and bad) but we after reading the WSJ article on How to manage your boss I thought it might be a good idea to spend a little more time on this topic.


First I can’t talk about this topic without a mention of our  legendary family story, where an unnamed person [I’m married to], once told his friend that he had to go “manage his boss“.   Of course, the meeting he was anticipating, informed him of massive layoffs in his industry (manufacturing) of which he was participating (doh!). Being a supportive family unit, we are still bringing up this story several decades later.


Second I was struck by this  in the article


Essentially, most of us are quick to believe the worst in our boss and expect others to cut us some slack when we are at our worst. I’ll give you a minute to take that one in as it relates to your own situation with your boss. Do you empathize with his/her job?

Third I was thrilled to see Wally Bock suggest the following additional point


What an outstanding point.  How many of us define our role as helping our boss succeed?  Do you focus your energy to help make him (or her) look good? Do you put your energy on aligning around a positive relationship built on a common goal? I would submit, that if you are not, it’s not just your boss missing out.  Worth thinking about. 


To that end, I checked my quarterly goals to see if I’ve addressed this issue and here is what I found.


Yup, looks like I’ve got skin in the game (in my own underachieving way). What about you?

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