Managing Your Boss
Course Overview
This program focuses on managing one of your most important work relationships: your rapport with your boss. Discover how to understand your manager's world; support your boss's goals; be a help rather than a hindrance; and lead by offering solutions.
Faculty Details
Course Instructors
Learning Objectives
At the end of the entire course, participants will be able to:
- Explore how self-reflection is a starting point for understanding others.
- Breaking the stereotypes of Boss - subordinate relationship
- Recall different kinds of communication channels that they can establish with their manager.
- Identify the most effective ways to bond with their boss
- Stay clear of relationship mistakes that can occur with their bosses
Course Coverage
1. Introduction
(Duration: 10 minutes)
- Story time (5 minutes)
- What will you learn in this program? (5 minutes)
2. Self-Reflection
(Duration: 20 minutes)
- Exercise (10 minutes)
- Understanding anyone else starts with you (10 minutes)
3. Misconceptions about “Boss – Subordinate Relationship”
(Duration: 10 minutes)
4. Why is knowing your Boss is important?
(Duration: 30 minutes)
- Story time (10 minutes)
- Challenges for Gen Z and Bosses (10 minutes)
- Five reasons to know your Boss (10 minutes)
5. Bonding with your boss
(Duration: 70 minutes)
- Persona Mapping - Types of Bosses (20 minutes)
- Exercise - Map the persona & come up with solutions (20 minutes)
- Ways to bond better with your boss (10 minutes)
- Avoiding Relationship Mistakes (10 minutes)
- Video and reflection (10 minutes)
6. Q & A
(Duration: 10 minutes)
About the Faculty
