The Two Messages To Give Your Manager

Think About These Whenever You Interact with Your Boss

This article is one of a series about how to build a relationship with your manager that gets you what you want on the job when you want it.

The content is based on Help Your Boss Help You by Ken Kousen, published by The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Hint: read to the end of the article for a promo code.

Before we get to the main topic for this post, I want to mention that the people at Medium sent me an email containing this message:

My reactions to this were:

• Hey, cool!
• Wow, that must be a really low bar.
• My first few managers would laugh and laugh.
• This award and $5 will get me a hot, venti, skinny vanilla latte at Starbucks, which cost me $4.75 + tax last time I ordered one.
• I can’t believe I’m accustomed to spending $5 for a cup of coffee, but now I want one. Sigh.

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