You and your boss
This is the most critical relationship in your business life – it determines your performance, your career development and your well-being.
Frequency – probably irregular meetings.
Key participants – just the two of you!
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Objective
Any sensible leader has a strategy for their line manager. It is about understanding, agreeing and managing expectations. What a boss will want is no different from what you will want from your own direct reports:
- clear and honest communication on agreed issues;
- early warnings of potential issues relating to performance, risk and reputation;
- regular information delivered to agreed timetables;
- delivery of agreed operational targets.
Your task with any line manager ...
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