E029 Handle Your Boss and Avoid a Toxic Relationship

First 100 Words
“Career experts say your relationship with your boss can impact your career and your emotional well-being—on and off the job. It’s true.”While a good relationship with your boss can improve your workplace efficiency and career growth, a poor relationship may impair your long-term ability to succeed. Fortunately, there are some strategies that you can adopt to ensure positive and productive relationships with those who direct your work.

When you are not communicating well with your supervisor, you may grow increasingly uncomfortable with the relationship. This syndrome is the beginning of most long-term relationship problems. Personalities sometimes clash, but far more often, early struggles with communication between parties lay the groundwork for what can feel like irreconcilable differences . . .

When To Use
A key stress-reduction strategy is to have an effective relationship with a supportive supervisor. Here’s how to increase one’s chances of that.

How to Use
Client counseling sessions, presentations, seminars.