Need help managing your manager? Try these techniques to master the proper care and feeding of your most important professional relationship.
Sure you're good at your job, but do you know the fine art of upward management? If you really want to do well at work, you need our step-by-step guide on how to manage your boss. We've provided a field guide to bosses to help you identify—and tame—the wilier members of the species. We also zeroed in on the most common bad boss behaviors and how to treat them, and we asked five top managers for tips on boss management at the executive level. Finally, we've updated some age-old myths of managing up for the 21st century.
Update: Smart or stupid, friendly or frigid, helpful or hindrance — you don't get to pick who will be your boss. Try the tips in this BNET video, Manage Your Manager, to master the proper care and feeding of the most important relationship in your career.
read more:Tame Your Boss | BNET
Sure you're good at your job, but do you know the fine art of upward management? If you really want to do well at work, you need our step-by-step guide on how to manage your boss. We've provided a field guide to bosses to help you identify—and tame—the wilier members of the species. We also zeroed in on the most common bad boss behaviors and how to treat them, and we asked five top managers for tips on boss management at the executive level. Finally, we've updated some age-old myths of managing up for the 21st century.
Update: Smart or stupid, friendly or frigid, helpful or hindrance — you don't get to pick who will be your boss. Try the tips in this BNET video, Manage Your Manager, to master the proper care and feeding of the most important relationship in your career.
read more:Tame Your Boss | BNET