This Is How To Make You Boss Like You Without Having To Slobber Over Them

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We are no saying that you have to bond with your boss to be successful in a company, your work and skill will obviously sell you. You only become indispensable when your skills are unmatched by any other colleague. However, having a bond with your boss will be extra Bonga points to making your life in the office a little more bearable.

Relationships don’t start just like that, especially in the office. The boss will be more interested to bond with you once you get noticed or better yet your work to get noticed. That’s how it has to start, that is if you don’t want to suck-up to him/her.

At the beginning of the week or month or the year,(depending on the evaluation time of your company) have clear discussions with your boss and clarify areas that you are unsure about. Learn what items are on your boss’s main agenda so that you don’t repeat the mistakes.

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Discuss and share with your boss your goals and any major issues you have in mind so that he or she is aware. Sometimes your boss’s priorities might outdo your own; be flexible enough to accommodate these requests. Know what your boss expects from you in terms of work performance and work diligently to meet or even go beyond those expectations.

So in your mission of bonding with your boss, these are factors to consider after you have established what the boss required from you.

Meet their deadlines

Deadlines in an organisation are a necessary part of work because they help in proper planning. This year you should become known as an employee who regularly meets deadlines and you will be in your boss’s good books. Be a good time manager. You can achieve this by:

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  • Keeping a running list of your main tasks, projects and deadlines.
  • Looking at the list regularly to ensure that nothing slips through the cracks
  • Breaking down big tasks into smaller units to make it easier to tackle them
  • Striving to meet your work commitments at all times.
  • Being known for doing what you promise you will do.

In the event that you are working on a project and you anticipate not meeting the deadline, it is advisable to give your boss a heads up in good time. Let them know that you are running late and discuss options available such as rescheduling your activities, negotiating on deadlines and getting support from others.

Be responsive and keep your boss updated

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Bosses prefer employees who are highly responsive to those who are slow. Different bosses have different definitions about what being responsive means to them.

Don’t be reactive or arrogant because it will create challenges for you, your boss, team and other stakeholders.

Have regular meetings with them

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It will create a good opportunity to discuss with your boss what you are working on, progress and accomplishments and any challenges that you are facing and at the end of it all you find things going well.

One-on-one meetings can be scheduled at various intervals such as daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or quarterly. A good interval will either be once a week or once every two weeks. Use these meetings as opportunities to get input and feedback from your boss on how you are performing and take good note of how you will improve.

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