From the course: Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
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Get to know your boss's personality type
From the course: Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
Get to know your boss's personality type
- Bosses are like customers. In fact, I suppose they are your number one customer really. And in a same way it's a good idea to work out what sort of person they are, and therefore, how they want to be treated. Some will be more chatty than others, some will be more fact oriented than others, and I'd like to use my four types of people to explore how you might handle the four types of boss. Of course, most people are a bit of a mixture, but I think it's still really useful to start with the main types and take ideas from each. First the analytical boss. This will be the quiet, organized, systematic type of boss. On the plus side they'll be fair and you'll always know the rules and the detail of every situation, but on the minus side they can be quite picky and want to control every detail, as well as being cautious about taking risks and they may not be very inspiring. So how to make them happy. Well, I think it's clear that they will want to see that everything is planned. So if you…
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