Podcast Neil Wilkins

Professionally, we all report to someone. Whether it’s a client, customer, shareholder or boss.  So what's the best practice for managing a line manager, to ensure you both get what you want and need?  How to Induct Demonstrate your collaboration skills and experience Establish you will say the right kind of no, when it’s appropriate Understand your manager’s goals and objectives Extrovert or Introvert? Sensing or Intuitive? Feeling or Thinking? Planful or Spontaneous? How to Brief Constantly feed useful and informative information Stay calm in a storm Present evidence-based options, to reduce risk in decision making Understand your manager’s preferred working style How to Report Always present opportunities not problems (partially solve or present options in advance) Solve the tiny problems and save the big stuff for your manager Proactively seek 360 degree feedback Become a go-to specialist How to Negotiate  Stay task-focused  Work with ROI and achievement of objectives Set and retai