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Make every interaction with your manager a deal that you both benefit from. For example, if your boss asks you to work a weekend say: "I am more than happy to
by alexpotato 12y ago
Make every interaction with your manager a deal that you both benefit from.
For example, if your boss asks you to work a weekend say:
"I am more than happy to work Saturday if I get an additional vacation day"
Example 2, if your boss keeps giving you tasks:
a. it is perfectly ok to say "I have too much on my plate"
or
b. you can say "I can do task #6 but you(boss) have to pick which of tasks #1-5 I am going to stop doing to make sure task #6 gets completed"
- romindst 12y agoThat sounds like good advice, but it seems more like basic defensive measures than something really advantageous. :aside: I learned after my first real job that I need to protect myself from my boss's unrealistic expectations if I wanted to continue working in the position I held. But that was more of a station-keeping exercise than something to advance my career.
- alexpotato 12y ago> That sounds like good advice, but it seems more like basic defensive measures than something really advantageous. Well, the next step would be to determine what exactly it is that you want career-wise in the short/medium/long term. You then use the daily interactions to gradually nudge your way there. e.g. if you want to be a manager, you need to create outcomes where you prove that you can manage people with out having authority. That shows that once you get the authority, you will know what you are doing.