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Managing Your Boss | (21:36) |
Episode #11 How do you insure a proper understanding of the wants and needs of the client or boss who delegates the task at hand? Become skilled at RECEIVING the work assigned to you – and find the confidence to take the initiative to do the job right.  | |
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NOTES FOR THE EPISODE:
00:31 – Learning to receive assignments well
01:42 – 11-point checklist to clarify your assignments
06:21 – Tips from David’s readers’ on how to manage your boss
07:00 – Arnoud Martens: show respect
07:38 – The importance of taking initiative
09:19 – James Cherkoff: how to make your boss’s job easier
12:04 – Ken Hedberg: 4 tips on managing up
13:45 – Liz Zitzow: make your boss look good
14:50 – Shawn Callahan: match your boss’s communication style
15:30 – Brendan Connelly: commit to weekly status reports
16:03 – Kathleen DeFilippo: take responsibility
16:48 – A taking initiative success story
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title: | Managing your boss |
excerpt: | I was over at David Maister’s blog the other day and he was requesting tips on how to better manage your boss. I made a suggestion: match your boss’s communication style. I see David has expanded on this idea in his latest podcast: Managing Your Boss... |
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title: | Towards Better Life Carnival Edition #6 (March 4, |
excerpt: | David Maister presents Managing Your Boss posted at Passion, People and Principles, saying, “Once you master the art of managing your boss, you can enjoy your job more, experience less stress and ambiguity about your assignments, and increase your ca... |
