At some point in your career, you’ll have to work for a manager. The relationships you build with your manager and colleagues are crucial to your success

and career growth.

You alone are responsible for the direction your workplace relationships take.

You should know that your manager can’t advance in their role without your help, and you can’t move forward without their experience, perspective, and support.

Some managers simply happen to be bad managers, while others don’t know what you want from them. So it’s worth facing this challenge.

How can you build a constructive relationship with your manager?

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Relationships are built on trust.

Do what you say you’ll do. Give a specific deadline for completing a task, and keep your manager informed about what’s happening with the project and your interactions with the rest of the company.

Tell your manager when you make a mistake.

Don’t hide your mistakes or waste time worrying that someone will discover them.

Get to know your manager as a person. After all, they’re only human, with their own sorrows, joys, and stories.

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You’re not the center of the universe!

The company’s success doesn’t depend on you alone, so work together with your manager. Understand their weaknesses and concerns, and help them overcome or address them, or

look for solutions and understand their goals.

Look for the best in your manager. We all have good and bad qualities, and focusing on your manager’s negative traits will only make you unhappy.

and job dissatisfaction and disappointment.

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Don’t look for change if you haven’t changed yourself.

Praise your manager when they do something well. People naturally tend to mirror how others treat them, so help them see the positive impact they have on the company.

Find out what your manager prefers in an employee. Do they prefer formal meetings, written instructions and tasks, or even quick instructions given as you pass in the hallway?

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Learn to read your manager’s mood and reactions. You won’t want to pitch new ideas when they’re in a bad mood—trust me! Before meeting with them, try to find out whether they’re dealing

with health issues, personal problems, or work pressure.

Learn from your manager. They reached this position because those above them saw a strength in them. Identify that strength and learn from it. Make them your personal mentor, and ask them

about your mistakes and their opinion of you.

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Your manager can’t read your mind.

If you want your manager to thank you for something, let them know you did it and give them a chance to thank you.

Respect your manager’s time. Schedule a weekly meeting and prepare your questions and talking points in advance, rather than interrupting them regularly.

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Look at the bigger picture.

When proposing an idea, connect your responsibilities, goals, and vision to the company’s core objectives.

Sometimes you’ll disagree with your manager. Address it! Your manager has more authority than you do, so you need to reach a compromise or

accept the situation—but getting angry or upset won’t change anything.

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Resigning isn’t the solution!