Managing your boss: Isn't that merely manipulation? Corporate cozying
up? Not according to John Gabarro and John Kotter. In this handy
guidebook, the authors contend that you manage your boss for a very good
reason: to do your best on the job--and thereby benefit not only
yourself but also your supervisor and your entire company. Your boss
depends on you for cooperation, reliability, and honesty. And you depend
on him or her for links to the rest of the organization, for setting
priorities, and for obtaining critical resources. By managing your
boss--clarifying your own and your supervisor's strengths, weaknesses,
goals, work styles, and needs--you cultivate a relationship based on
mutual respect and understanding. The result? A healthy, productive bond
that enables you both to excel. Gabarro and Kotter provide valuable
guidelines for building this essential relationship--including
strategies for determining how your boss prefers to process information
and make decisions, tips for communicating mutual expectations, and
tactics for negotiating priorities. Thought provoking and practical,
Managing Your Boss enables you to lay the groundwork for one of the
most crucial working relationships you'll have in your career.