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Optimizing Your Time of Exchange with Your Boss

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Too much oversight stifles you, too much absence leaves you stranded: find the right distance with your manager.

Manage your time with your boss effectively. Clarify, negotiate, and know how to position yourself whether they're too present or not present enough for your liking.

20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites

You will walk away with

  • negotiating the frequency, content, and format of your reporting
  • strategies for dealing with an ever-present boss — or one who's never around
  • sorting out which topics truly deserve a conversation

Target audience

Anyone looking to (re)gain control of their time

Learning objectives

  1. Discern which topics are important to discuss and collaborate on.
  2. Optimize your time with your boss for mutual benefit.
  3. Negotiate the frequency, content, and format of the reporting you provide your boss
  4. Position yourself in front of an ever-present boss while maintaining healthy autonomy

Module outline

  • StorytellingTiméo and the Temporal Alliance2'06A metaphorical story about the relationship between a craftsman of time and the Great Clockmaker, illustrating the importance of managing time well with one's boss
  • Articles
    • 6 hours a week with my manager?
    • Managing time with your manager based on different profiles
    • Adaptation strategies based on management style
  • Expert videoMy Boss and My Time10'04An overview of the challenges of the managerial relationship, the sacred time spent with your boss, and strategies for optimizing these exchanges, whether your boss is too present or not present enough
  • AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen your understanding and reinforce what you've learned
  • Memo cardDownloadable memo-coaching card: the key takeaways from the expert video
  • CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

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