Better Report, Better Manager - Investing in a Healthier Manager-to-Report Relationship
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Investing in Your Relationship With Your Manager
The next investment that you need to make as a report is to understand the human side of your manager. You don't need to become your manager's best friend in order for this part to work, but it will help you to build empathy for your manager if you understand who they are as a person outside of work and also their kind of personal approach to work itself. When your manager asks you to do something, often it's unclear whether that translation has happened. The manager may feel that it's important for you to act on something, but they may not know how to motivate you to take that action. If you actually go out of your way to take the action that your manager is suggesting
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