Building a Win-win Relationship with Your Manager

 

Question:

Which types of questions can help you align your communication style with your manager's?

• Do you prefer e-mail, phone call, or instant message when there's something to discuss?

• Do you need the exact process details of the task?

• Do you want to be included on all stakeholder e-mail threads?

• How frequently do you want to hear from me?

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What are the methods for overcoming relationship challenges with your manager?

• Listen and be aware of your manager's feelings

• Identify the root cause of the problem

• Be honest and rebuild trust

• Take emotions out and focus on the facts

• Prepare yourself prior to holding the conversation

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What are the best practices for optimizing your collaboration with your manager?

• Contribute to their goals

• Deliver what they need from you before they ask

• Get to know what they do well and what they struggle with

Question

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Match each strategy to the manager work style it is best suited for.

The Unifier - Acknowledge and learn from your mistakes  -  Build strong relationships with your colleaguesThe Achiever - Go beyond just completing tasks and get measurable results  -  Show your competence by doing what you're toldThe Motivator - Be enthusiastic and listen to their ideas  -  Show your creative, collaborative, and enthusiastic sideThe Assessor - Push for the specifics of what they want from you  -  Bring useful metrics and statistics to meetings

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Identify the key benefits of building a healthy working relationship with your manager.

• Improves your job satisfaction by reclaiming ownership of the manager-report relationship
• Helps you and your manager achieve success and growth by allowing you to have a positive impact on issues mutually at stake
• Delivers better results for your organization by developing a relationship of mutually beneficial interdependence with your manager

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Identify methods for overcoming relationship challenges with your manager.

• Prepare yourself for the conversation ahead of time

• Trace backward to find the root cause of the conflict

• Employ emotional intelligence and be aware of other people's feelings

• Build trust by being honest about where you think communication has broken down

• Agree to focus on the basic facts at hand

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Which statements are true about the benefits of building a healthy working relationship with your manager?

• Reclaiming ownership of the relationship enables you to deliver better results

• Improving the relationship allows you have to have a positive impact on the issue at stake

• Having a mutually beneficial relationship leads to better results for the organization

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Identify the examples of the types of questions that can help you adapt your communication style to your manager's.

• What level of detail do you want in your progress reports?

• Are you looking for risk assessments?

• Do you prefer drop-in conversations or e-mails when problems arise?

• What time are you available online?

Question

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Identify the best practices for optimizing your collaboration with your manager.

• Build on your manager's strengths and help compensate for their weaknesses

• Align your priorities with your manager's

• Anticipate what your manager needs in advance