How can you lead when your boss does not?
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How can you lead when your boss
does not?
Question # 1
How can you find out what your boss needs?
You need to know how to anticipate needs you boss has. That is a lesson we can all learn from the
best executive assistants.
https://hbr.org/2015/01/what-everyone-should-know-about-managing-up
You may be surprised at what you
learn when you listen.
http://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/10-tips-for-leadership-when-you-re-not-the-boss.html
Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Listening-tips-1485898
Question # 2
How can you help your boss?
https://hbr.org/2014/12/dealing-with-a-hands-off-boss
If you boss is underinvesting in his / her work, unwilling or unable to focus, or in over his / her head,
You might want to be compassionate and accept that he / she may be doing his / her best, ask yourself ”How can I help him or her more?”, and/or ask yourself ”How can I get the help I need?”
Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Social-competence-1600674
Question # 3
When is the right timeto communicate your ideas
to your boss?
A right time to communicate your ideas
could be when things are changing.
https://hbr.org/2015/01/get-the-boss-to-buy-in
Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-can-we-make-ideas-happen-1461713
Question # 4
When you get a no,how can you do it anyway?
http://www.destination-innovation.com/articles/how-to-be-innovative-when-your-boss-isnt/
Build a prototype in your own time.Then try it out.
https://hbr.org/2014/10/getting-people-to-believe-in-something-they-cant-yet-imagine/
When Gary Starkweather, the inventor of the Xerox 9700 high-speed laser printer that revolutionized
the printing industry, demonstrated his prototype in a competition, he began to break through resistance to change.
Question # 5
How can you receive feedback from your boss?
https://hbr.org/2015/03/what-to-do-when-the-boss-gives-you-baseless-feedback
What can I do better?
Example of question you can ask
Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-we-receive-feedback-2367203
Question # 6
How do you manage your emotions when you speak
to your boss?
Strong emotions can be channelled into an appeal for action.
However, when emotions are unregulated, they’re more likely to diminish the seller’s influence.
https://hbr.org/2015/01/get-the-boss-to-buy-in
Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-we-manage-our-emotions-1678947
Question # 7
Are you being whoyou really want to be?
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https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Questions-to-discover-your-values-1329394