Never Postpone a Meeting
A Lesson from My One Good Manager
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I’ve had many bosses in my career, but only one good one. Here’s one of the lessons he taught me that changed my career and, arguably, my life.
📘 This article is part of a series of posts about managing your manager, based on the book Help Your Boss Help You.
I spent many years working for a small division of a large company. After eight years there, I switched to a new group with a new manager, who I’ll call Dave. Early in my time in the new group, he gave me a project to work on, and we scheduled a meeting for that Friday to report on progress.
Thursday afternoon he dropped by my office to remind me of our meeting the next day.
“Do you mind if we postpone it until Monday?” I asked.
“Why?” Dave replied.
