Squeeze yourself into the boss’s day
Busy bosses expect you to read their minds. They rush from appointment to appointment and rarely find time to tell you what you need to know.
Category: Managing the Boss
How to disagree with your boss–productively
Disagree with the boss? Some managers say they can’t do it. Some won’t. Some wish they could. And some say it’s not necessary. But in our experience, the boss isn’t always right—and sometimes needs feedback to tell him so.
Mean boss? Be the better person
If the worst part of your job is your boss—someone who pits staff members against one another, steals credit and doesn’t support you—take this advice from the career experts at Bernard Haldane Associates…
Be the admin every executive wants
It sounds like mission impossible: ensuring that your boss has time for priority work and that he or she never arrives late for a meeting. But you wield much more control than entering appointments on a calendar and reminding the boss what’s coming on the schedule. Help the days flow smoothly by building and managing the calendar better. Here’s how…
Estimate appointment delays.
What to do when your boss is late.
Tailor your pitch to the boss’s style
Feel like your ideas are falling on deaf ears? Maybe it’s your sales pitch, not the proposal. Focus your “pitch” with these tactics:
From the boss: ‘Don’t interrupt, but keep me in the loop!’
Do you get the feeling your boss doesn’t want to be interrupted, but then gets annoyed that he’s out of the loop? One boss, Claudia Noble, president of Philadelphia-based Noble-Roberts Associates says, “One of the best ways to communicate with your boss is through …”
Beat your boss to the numbersKnow what key numbers your executive checks to track department and company performance. Then make sure you receive the latest numbers at the same time, if not earlierKnow what key numbers your executive checks to track department and company performance. Then make sure you receive the latest numbers at the same time, if not earlier
Know what key numbers your executive checks to track department and company performance. Then make sure you receive the latest numbers at the same time, if not earlier.