Relationship Management

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RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

HOW TO MANAGE YOUR BOSS

• Communicate effectively with your boss


• Understand your boss (ACCOMMODATE YOUR BOSS’S WORK STYLE)
• Build a relationship & partnership with your boss
UNDERSTAND YOUR BOSS

• What is your bosse’s organizational and personal objectives


• What are his/her pressures specially from his own boss and others at the same level
• What are his strenghts and weakness
• What are his/her values & beliefs
• What is your boss’s preffered work style
ACCOMMODATE YOUR BOSS’S WORK STYLE

• IS FORMAL, ORGANIZED
• STUDIES INFORMATION
• ASKS QUESTIONS
• LIKES TO BE INVOLVED
• DELEGATES
• THRIVES ON CONFLICT
• AVOIDS CONFLICT
STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATING
EFFECTIVELY WITH YOUR BOSS

• LISTEN AND ASK QUESTIONS


• Do not just PRESENT PROBLEMS but solutions
• Do not AGREE to DISAGREE but reason your argument
• GIVE FEEDBACK
• NEGOTIATE PROJECT AND TASK PRIORITIES
BUILD A RELATIONSHIP & PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUR BOSS

• Make your workstyle comapable with your bosses’s


• Drwa on each others strenghts and make up for each others weaknesses
• Clarify on mutual expectations
• Manage flow of information
• Establish dependability, trust and honesty
• Strengthen and diversify your network within and outside the organization
SPECIFIC SITUATIONS

• When Your Boss

• doesn’t Like you


• LIKES to be flattered
• Is not willing to listen to your limitations

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