http://www.benchfly.com/blog/how-to-behave-around-the-boss/ Advice for Your Life in Science Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/how-to-behave-around-the-boss/#comment-474 PlayLady Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:58:26 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=2414#comment-474 I love the pause/count to 3 tip! Sometimes it takes only that short amount of time to realize you don't actually need to say what you were about to say. Brevity can absolutely be a good thing. Some reactions really are better under the hood rather than out of the mouth! I love the pause/count to 3 tip! Sometimes it takes only that short amount of time to realize you don't actually need to say what you were about to say. Brevity can absolutely be a good thing. Some reactions really are better under the hood rather than out of the mouth!

]]> http://www.benchfly.com/blog/how-to-behave-around-the-boss/#comment-473 Jim Hardin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:51:52 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=2414#comment-473 Hi Alan Great points on how to deal with the boss. The point about problem solving is what hit home for me. I think this is something that I have learned over the years. If you find a problem don't just go running to the boss with the problem. Sure you want to tell them about the problem, but you also want to bring them a solution to the problem. This will show them that you are a problem solver not just a problem finder. You will gain more respect from your boss by doing this. Hi Alan
Great points on how to deal with the boss. The point about problem solving is what hit home for me. I think this is something that I have learned over the years. If you find a problem don't just go running to the boss with the problem. Sure you want to tell them about the problem, but you also want to bring them a solution to the problem. This will show them that you are a problem solver not just a problem finder. You will gain more respect from your boss by doing this.

]]> http://www.benchfly.com/blog/how-to-behave-around-the-boss/#comment-467 Anonymous Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:02:22 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=2414#comment-467 I don't know why, but I always seem to take the minimal contact approach with the boss. It doesn't work. I like these tips. I do feel however, that the boss needs, to a certain extent, to earn their employees respect as well. There's too much of this "oh they're the boss and therefore they can act however they please and speak to people however they please"... I hate to see that. Especially when you see the employees tip toeing around a boss who is like this..... it's not about heirachy, it's about common decency. I do know that when you have no respect for your boss.... you need to get out! I don't know why, but I always seem to take the minimal contact approach with the boss. It doesn't work. I like these tips.
I do feel however, that the boss needs, to a certain extent, to earn their employees respect as well. There's too much of this "oh they're the boss and therefore they can act however they please and speak to people however they please"… I hate to see that. Especially when you see the employees tip toeing around a boss who is like this….. it's not about heirachy, it's about common decency.
I do know that when you have no respect for your boss…. you need to get out!

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