8 quick guidelines to consider BEFORE you try to manage your boss. From It's Okay to Manage Your Boss by Bruce Tulgan. Manage up: http://bit.ly/Tulgan8

1. From It’s Okay to Manage Your Boss by Bruce Tulgan
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8 Things to Do BEFORE
You Manage Your Boss
1
FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU
FIT IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
OR DEPARTMENT
Attitude matters, a lot. Effort matters, a lot.
2 BRING YOUR BEST SELF
TO WORK EVERY DAY
Your #1 responsibility is to play that role to the
best of your ability.
3 MAKE SURE YOU ARE
NOT THE JERK AT WORK
People with good interpersonal skills and who
are conscientious in their interactions with
others are much more successful.
4 BE A GREAT WORKPLACE
CITIZEN
Be on time. Underpromise and overdeliver. Keep
your word. Keep confidences. Don’t keep other
people waiting. Practice good-manners.
5
GET LOTS OF WORK DONE
VERY WELL, VERY FAST,
EVERY DAY
Plan your work every step of the way, but be
prepared to adjust as needed.
6 BE A PROBLEM SOLVER,
NOT A COMPLAINER
Problems are part of everyday reality in every
workplace and small problems will grow into
larger ones.
7 ANTICIPATE AND AVOID
PROBLEMS
Think ahead and play out the likely sequence
of moves and countermoves.
8
REGULARLY ASSESS YOUR:
PRODUCTIVITY, QUALITY
OF WORK, AND BEHAVIOR
Self-management and self-improvement come
one small step at a time.