How to Befriend Your Boss
Employees create a virtual wall from their bosses. The main reason is fear. They fear their bosses. One of the best ways to break this wall is by making friends with your boss. Here are some of the tips to befriend your boss:
a. Be visible. Make yourselves always available. Show to them that you are willing to be on their sides all the time. Even at times they need someone to talk to, you have to be there.
b. Be a secret keeper. Your boss has personal problems too. Sometimes, they need someone to talk to regarding lots of things that bother them. If your boss shares his personal problems with you, make it as an opportunity to be his confidante. Don’t share them to others! Don’t be like a red-butt deceitful gossiper who spills everything he heard. If you do that, you’re just ruining your own little reputation. If your boss finds out, he will doubt you as a person.
c. Learn his likes and dislikes. You will develop this eventually by being with him both in and out of the work place. It could be difficult sometimes but if you give ample to jive with your boss, you will sooner find his favorite movies, sports, food, etc. He may also share with you some of his disliked things.
d. Be excellent. Nothing beats winning your boss’s friendship than by being excellent in every assignment given to you. Being excellent includes giving quality work and submitting accurate data as quickly as possible.
e. Be on Time. This is one of the ways to show your respect to your boss. By being late to work, you are giving your boss a clue that you take him for granted or you are not taking him seriously.
f. Talk. In Toastmasters, the only way to break the ice is by starting to talk. Talk to him how feel about your job. As much as possible be honest to your boss.
g. Maintain professionalism. This sums it all. Despite you have a good friendship with your boss, you must not show carelessness in your work. You still have to give your best to make your job done.
It sounds so easy but it takes a lot of effort and guts to befriend a boss. Being a friend to an ordinary friend means a lot of things. That also applies to being a good friend to your boss.
a. Be visible. Make yourselves always available. Show to them that you are willing to be on their sides all the time. Even at times they need someone to talk to, you have to be there.
b. Be a secret keeper. Your boss has personal problems too. Sometimes, they need someone to talk to regarding lots of things that bother them. If your boss shares his personal problems with you, make it as an opportunity to be his confidante. Don’t share them to others! Don’t be like a red-butt deceitful gossiper who spills everything he heard. If you do that, you’re just ruining your own little reputation. If your boss finds out, he will doubt you as a person.
c. Learn his likes and dislikes. You will develop this eventually by being with him both in and out of the work place. It could be difficult sometimes but if you give ample to jive with your boss, you will sooner find his favorite movies, sports, food, etc. He may also share with you some of his disliked things.
d. Be excellent. Nothing beats winning your boss’s friendship than by being excellent in every assignment given to you. Being excellent includes giving quality work and submitting accurate data as quickly as possible.
e. Be on Time. This is one of the ways to show your respect to your boss. By being late to work, you are giving your boss a clue that you take him for granted or you are not taking him seriously.
f. Talk. In Toastmasters, the only way to break the ice is by starting to talk. Talk to him how feel about your job. As much as possible be honest to your boss.
g. Maintain professionalism. This sums it all. Despite you have a good friendship with your boss, you must not show carelessness in your work. You still have to give your best to make your job done.
It sounds so easy but it takes a lot of effort and guts to befriend a boss. Being a friend to an ordinary friend means a lot of things. That also applies to being a good friend to your boss.