Checklist for Managing Your Boss
Make sure you understand your boss and his or her context, including:
• Goals and objectives
• Pressures
• Strengths, weaknesses, blind spots
• Preferred work style
Assess yourself and your needs, including:
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Personal style
• Predisposition toward dependence on authority figures
Develop and maintain a relationship that:
• Fits both your needs and styles
• Is characterized by mutual expectations
• Keeps your boss informed
• Is based on dependability and honesty
• Selectively uses your boss's time and resources
PHOTO (COLOR): Managers who work effectively with their bosses are sensitive to the boss' work style.
PHOTO (COLOR): The counterdependent manager sometimes sees the boss as an institutional enemy.
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By John J. Gabarro and John P. Kotter
John J. Gabarro is The UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management at Harvard Business School. His latest book is a collection of articles he edited for HBS Press, Managing People and Organizations (1992). John P. Kotter is Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership at HBS. His latest book, coauthored with HBS Professor James L. Heskett, is Corporate Culture and Performance (Free Press, 1992).

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