Work is an important part of our life. Therefore, each person wants to be a valuable employee and have a favorable climate in the office. To find mutual understanding with colleagues is usually not difficult, but relations with bosses sometimes leave much to be desired. Although these relationships are the key to your productivity, career growth and achievement of the company's goals. About how to establish relations with the authorities, we will talk today.
Why is there a problem?
Often the conflict with the manager is reduced to two positions of the employee: a person either considers himself independent of the boss and resists his decisions purely out of a sense of contradiction, or, conversely, does not express discontent and does not enter into discussions. The first type, of course, is difficult to manage, and problems with mutual understanding reduce the quality of teamwork. The second type also will not cause enthusiasm for the progressive leader, since such people do not argue, even when the boss wants to hear counterarguments. What is the problem? Both types of employees do not understand that the boss is the same living person with his goals and plans, which is also capable of making mistakes. In order for your work to be productive, you need to understand the leader and use this information correctly.
We establish relations with management - where to start?
So, first, you need to study your boss. What are his working habits, how does he prefer to receive information from employees, how much he agrees to delegate authority, how conservative is he in leadership? What does he want to achieve, what are his primary goals? What is the style of his work? Alas, but the chance to get a boss who from the first meeting will lay out to you all of the above information to strive for zero. You can find out this by using independent observations, verified information from colleagues or through informal conversations with the boss himself. Anyway, you have to understand your leader and adjust to him - believe me, you will do this much easier than trying to change bosses.
Let's give an example: after a little observation, you can find out to which type your supervisor belongs: "listener" or "reader". The first will prefer to receive information verbally and immediately subject it to discussion, and the second will be written detailed reports, which he will be able to carefully study, re-reading several times. This question can even be directly asked the boss, or look for his reaction to one or another method of obtaining data.
But what should be avoided?
The clever leader will prefer honesty and straightforwardness, rather than flattery and evasions. Do not try to curry favor with your boss, be polite and specific in your statements. Ignore the leader, too, is not worth it, if you value your place. In discussions with the leader, stick to the facts, your arguments should be strong enough to be accepted as a promising employee and introduced into the circle of trust. The location of the authorities should not be neglected, but it is also not necessary to release relations beyond the boundaries, otherwise you will spoil relations with the rest of the team.
So, what is next?
For a superior there is no worse circumstance than an unreliable employee. The trust of the manager is difficult to secure, easy to lose, and it is almost impossible to restore. In all your actions, keep in mind that not only do you depend on leadership, but it is from you. Business sensitivity in dealing with the boss and understanding his desires is the basis of joint productive work, which can not but affect your rise on the career ladder. And with the support of good relations, it will be much easier for you to resolve issues of vacation, time off, business trips, bonuses and salary increases with your supervisor.