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Managing
Bosses
Professionally
Presented by Sourena Nouri, Aga Arafat and Homero Oliveira
Teacher: Manon Wascher
Introduction
According to John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter managing your
boss means
“ Working with your superior to obtain the best possible result for
• You
• Your boss
• The company”
Benefits of listening to our presentation
1. You will transform your work environment into a better place
2. Tighten up laces between you and your boss
3. It will make of you a better professional
Why manage your boss?
The relationship that you create and manage with your immediate
boss is
Critical for your work success and career progress
Like it or not, you’re in charge of your relationship with your boss
Training Activity
Activity -7 Min
Each team will have a picture, a title and a description which don’t belong to each
other. The teams should negotiate with other teams and find the best match.
Team 1 (KHOA-JUAN-KARIM-EDUARD) Incompetent Boss
Team 2 (MITCHELL-ZEYNAB-RODNEY) Bossy Boss
Team 3 (BRENNO-SHAHIN-NAJMEH) Bully Boss
Team 4 (MOSHARROF-CHRISTOPHER-DIOGO) Perfectionist Boss
Team 5 (KULDEEP-CAMILIO-MAUDE-CELENE) Influencer Boss
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Incompetent
Bully
Bossy
Perfectionist
Influencer
Kinds of Bosses
Incompetent Bully Bossy Incompetent Influencer
• Inability to make decisions
• Tendency to make bad choices
• Reliance on subordinates to get work done
• Ability to keep the job despite failings
• Allergy to deadlines
Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer
• Verbally abuses you
• Questions your adequacy and your commitment
• Impedes your success
• Spreads rumors about you
• Isolates you at work
Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer
• self-centered
• lack empathy
• have exaggerated sense of self-importance
• get more agitated when they feel like
negative emotions are being dumped on them
Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer
•Micro-manager
•Likes to control all of your work
•have a hard time trusting others to make decisions
and allowing them to act autonomously
•Leaves you with very little trust in your own abilities
•Nothing you do will ever be good enough for him
Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer
•The supportive motivator
•Treats everyone with fairness regardless of politics
•Communicates
•Encourages others to follow suit
•Leads by example
How to deal with each kind of
boss
How to deal with the incompetent Boss
• Realize your manager probably thinks you’re hard to manage.
• Keep doing a great job
• Explore ways that succeeding with your current manager makes you
better
• Focus on the future rather than complaining about the past.
• Promote yourself out of your organization
How to deal with the Bully Boss
▪ Relax and try not to keep it personally
• Go to HR and tell them the problem
• find another position in a company with a different manager
• Change your job where you can be a better fit with your next
manager
How to Deal with the Bossy boss
• Be respectful
• Be assertive, not aggressive.
• Be logical, not emotional
• Be a good listener
• Be a person who “flies under the radar” – if you can.
How to Deal with The Perfectionist boss
• Find the source(Fear of failure, The need for performance, the
only type of management they know)
• Show them a better path
• Avoid surprises
• Delegate, delegate, delegate
• Anticipate the requests
How to Deal with The Influencer Boss
• Perform your duties well enough
• Don’t be a threat to his goals
• Be aware that he always form his own core group who may
inform him of what happens in the office while he is away
• Behave highly professional as he/she expects
Do / Don’t with your Boss
Do
1. Take time to understand your manager’s perspective.
2. Work on developing trust
3. Confirm expectations
4. Learn about your manager’s work style
5. Understand what is important.
6. Respect your manager’s time.
7. Provide positive feedback
Do / Don’t with your Boss
Don’t
1. Don't create a policy every time somebody messes up
2. Don't lie
3. Don't hide behind policies or senior management when
you have to be tough.
Conclusion
We may not have the luck of working with good leaders but we definitely have to
work with bosses.
At the end of the day, employees do not leave jobs or organizations, they leave
their bosses.
How to manage your bosses

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How to manage your bosses

  • 1. Managing Bosses Professionally Presented by Sourena Nouri, Aga Arafat and Homero Oliveira Teacher: Manon Wascher
  • 2. Introduction According to John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter managing your boss means “ Working with your superior to obtain the best possible result for • You • Your boss • The company”
  • 3. Benefits of listening to our presentation 1. You will transform your work environment into a better place 2. Tighten up laces between you and your boss 3. It will make of you a better professional
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. Why manage your boss? The relationship that you create and manage with your immediate boss is Critical for your work success and career progress Like it or not, you’re in charge of your relationship with your boss
  • 10. Activity -7 Min Each team will have a picture, a title and a description which don’t belong to each other. The teams should negotiate with other teams and find the best match. Team 1 (KHOA-JUAN-KARIM-EDUARD) Incompetent Boss Team 2 (MITCHELL-ZEYNAB-RODNEY) Bossy Boss Team 3 (BRENNO-SHAHIN-NAJMEH) Bully Boss Team 4 (MOSHARROF-CHRISTOPHER-DIOGO) Perfectionist Boss Team 5 (KULDEEP-CAMILIO-MAUDE-CELENE) Influencer Boss
  • 13. Incompetent Bully Bossy Incompetent Influencer • Inability to make decisions • Tendency to make bad choices • Reliance on subordinates to get work done • Ability to keep the job despite failings • Allergy to deadlines
  • 14. Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer • Verbally abuses you • Questions your adequacy and your commitment • Impedes your success • Spreads rumors about you • Isolates you at work
  • 15. Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer • self-centered • lack empathy • have exaggerated sense of self-importance • get more agitated when they feel like negative emotions are being dumped on them
  • 16. Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer •Micro-manager •Likes to control all of your work •have a hard time trusting others to make decisions and allowing them to act autonomously •Leaves you with very little trust in your own abilities •Nothing you do will ever be good enough for him
  • 17. Incompetent Bully Bossy Perfectionist Influencer •The supportive motivator •Treats everyone with fairness regardless of politics •Communicates •Encourages others to follow suit •Leads by example
  • 18. How to deal with each kind of boss
  • 19. How to deal with the incompetent Boss • Realize your manager probably thinks you’re hard to manage. • Keep doing a great job • Explore ways that succeeding with your current manager makes you better • Focus on the future rather than complaining about the past. • Promote yourself out of your organization
  • 20. How to deal with the Bully Boss ▪ Relax and try not to keep it personally • Go to HR and tell them the problem • find another position in a company with a different manager • Change your job where you can be a better fit with your next manager
  • 21. How to Deal with the Bossy boss • Be respectful • Be assertive, not aggressive. • Be logical, not emotional • Be a good listener • Be a person who “flies under the radar” – if you can.
  • 22. How to Deal with The Perfectionist boss • Find the source(Fear of failure, The need for performance, the only type of management they know) • Show them a better path • Avoid surprises • Delegate, delegate, delegate • Anticipate the requests
  • 23. How to Deal with The Influencer Boss • Perform your duties well enough • Don’t be a threat to his goals • Be aware that he always form his own core group who may inform him of what happens in the office while he is away • Behave highly professional as he/she expects
  • 24. Do / Don’t with your Boss Do 1. Take time to understand your manager’s perspective. 2. Work on developing trust 3. Confirm expectations 4. Learn about your manager’s work style 5. Understand what is important. 6. Respect your manager’s time. 7. Provide positive feedback
  • 25. Do / Don’t with your Boss Don’t 1. Don't create a policy every time somebody messes up 2. Don't lie 3. Don't hide behind policies or senior management when you have to be tough.
  • 26. Conclusion We may not have the luck of working with good leaders but we definitely have to work with bosses. At the end of the day, employees do not leave jobs or organizations, they leave their bosses.