My new favorite pastime, talking about jobs, has reinforced my belief that people work for bosses as much as they work for companies. By that I mean that given a good boss in a good company, employees ...

Turns out that managing your supervisor can set you up major success. Recent research published in Personnel Psychology suggest that taking responsibility for your tasks, as well your supervisor’s ...

One of the most common questions we get from participants when we’re delivering leadership development programs is, “How can I be a good leader when my own manager sets a bad example?” When your ...

Leadership Coach, Katie Kelley, says the largest determinant of whether someone stays or leaves their job is the quality of the relationship with their boss. This relationship can service as a huge ...

Question: I'm about six months into my first post-Army job and a manager from another department just pulled me aside to say I need to learn how to "manage up." What does that mean? Is this now ...

As an assistant, you will often be asked to manage your boss’s correspondence, including emails. This can often be a tricky task, particularly because it's hard to know the correct tone to strike.

Your response will depend on two factors: why you're getting the blame and how senior you are in the organization. Your manager’s happiness isn’t explicitly your job but their well-being directly ...

If you forge ties with your boss based on mutual respect and understanding, both of you will be more effective. by John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter To many people, the phrase “managing your boss” ...