Your manager is neither an opponent nor a judge: build an adult-to-adult alliance.
Improve your relationship with your boss by understanding their explicit and implicit needs. Make your own needs known, negotiate, and build a win-win communication style.
20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- the 4 approaches for building a genuine alliance with your manager
- a framework for decoding your boss's explicit and implicit needs
- techniques for negotiating — and even disagreeing — constructively
Target audience
Anyone looking to promote a positive style of communication and collaboration
Learning objectives
- Build a successful alliance to collaborate better with your manager.
- Find your place; clarify and distinguish roles and responsibilities.
- Understand your manager's needs to better adjust your approach.
- Make your own needs known to facilitate collaboration.
Module outline
- Storytelling“A Good Boss, But Not an Ally”0'58A reflection on reciprocity and genuine partnership between manager and managed
- Articles
- What you can negotiate with your boss (check-ins, autonomy, reporting, and more)
- How to constructively disagree with your boss
- Expert video“Building an Alliance with Your Boss”7'42The 4 approaches for improving your relationship with your manager: finding your place, understanding their needs, making your own known, and adjusting your communication
- AnchoringQuiz and True/False questions to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardDownloadable memo card: the key points from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
- BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)
