Manage Your Boss in 9 Easy Steps

Here's something they don't teach in business school: how to manage your boss. It's one thing to do your work, follow the rules, etc., but quite another to establish a good and productive working relationship with your superior. Dumb Little Man offers 9 tips on managing your manager, including:

• Don't be overly sensitive: Managers are humans too and are likely to show emotions every now and then. Occasionally, because of the pressure that they are under, these emotions come up as anger and frustration. Do not be overly sensitive to criticism â€" more often than not it is the circumstances and is not meant to be a personal rebuke. When caught in such situation, filter out the negative statements and find what it is that you need to do to rectify the situation. And even if you are effected by an outburst, do not mope around or worse create a scene and make a perfectly salvageable situation worse.
• Make your manager look good: Remember, your manager has a manager too! While it is his job to offer you guidance and leadership, he will be much more inclined to do that job well if you make him look good and help him shine before his superiors. Learn the difficult and dark art of making your accomplishments known to the upper brass without snatching away the glory from your boss.

What would you add to the list? Have you found a sure-fire way for keeping things copacetic with the boss? Hit the Comments and share your wisdom. Photo by a2gemma.