Managing Bosses ProfessionallyPresented by Sourena Nouri, Aga Arafat and Homero OliveiraTeacher: 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 MinEach 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
End12345678910Incompetent Bully BossyPerfectionistInfluencer
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
Do1. Take time to understand your manager’s perspective.2. Work on developing trust3. Confirm expectations4. Learn about your manager’s work style5. Understand what is important.6. Respect your manager’s time.7. Provide positive feedback
Do / Don’t with your Boss
Don’t1. 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.