Managing your manager

Tool

Personal awareness
 
Contextual awareness

What sort of boss have you got?

‘The first thing you need to do is to get inside your boss's head. If you don't understand what makes them tick, you can't hope to understand how to manage them.’
(Jay, 2002, p. ix)

  • What are your boss's strengths
    and weaknesses?
  • What are yours?
  • Can your boss depend on you?
  • Can you depend on your boss?
  • What pressures are they under?
  • What is their schedule?
  • Where do you fit in?
Team awareness
Goal awareness
  • What are their important
    work relationships?
  • How do they like to communicate?
  • Can your boss hear you?
  • What motivates your boss?
  • What are their goals?
  • What is your role here?