Complete Leadership

many people today still have the expectation that it’s their boss’s job

to manage them, and that they have no part to play in this

relationship other than to be ‘managed’. Where the relationship

doesn’t work, the boss is usually to blame, or it’s simply assumed

that when two people can’t work together in a boss–subordinate

relationship it’s merely a case of ‘personality conflict’. That lazy

phrase, however, is often just an alibi for failing to work at a

relationship and failing to improve both communication and self-

awareness.

Many managers make unrealistic assumptions of their bosses. They

assume their bosses will somehow know what help or information ...