Building Rapport with Your Boss


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description
The relationship between you and your boss is a key factor in your career. Careful relationship management will make your job more enjoyable. You'll find that to work more effectively with your boss, you need to develop a rapport and good networking skills. Managing up can help you find enjoyment and reward in your current position. In this course, you'll learn the importance of managing relationships, and ways to build great boss relationships by recognizing their agenda and management style. You'll also learn strategies for building a strong professional relationship with your boss, and about various ways you can become aligned with your boss.

Target Audience
Individual contributors who want to develop effective relationships throughout their organization.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5

Lesson Objectives

Building Rapport with Your Boss

  • recognize the benefits of a building a strong relationship with your boss
  • identify methods to build a successful relationship with your boss
  • determine the best methods of assisting your boss's agenda
  • match management styles to associated characteristics
  • identify best practices for adapting to your boss's working style
  • sequence examples of the steps for giving appropriate feedback to your boss
  • use appropriate techniques to start your own business network
  • Course Number:
    apd_04_a03_bs_enus

    Expertise Level
    Everyone