Working in the corporate world is a competition every second, you learn a lot every moment. Whether you are in a work for years or a fresher, interaction and discussion with your boss is very important for your future growth in that job.
Meeting with the boss can make you feel focused, energized and productive and even sometimes makes you confused and hopeless, but these meetings are always important. Few suggestions are mentioned below that can make your one on one with your boss successful.
- Plan your meeting:
Never just chat and show up during meetings, rather pre-plan the issues and discussions you wanted to do. Discuss every problem you are facing and any suggestion you wanted to give for particular work.
- Share important updates:
This is the time where you can share your last week work or any update from the project, but you should perform it faster. You should discuss the particular thing which can be completed fast and also try to judge that is this right time to discuss the thing? You should have a proper idea that how important is your update, can you win some trust or appreciation sharing that update.
- Questioning:
During a discussion with boss listen carefully the words, and ask a lot of questions if you are not aware of the topics. Asking questions will not only make you comfortable but also help you gaining knowledge about that topic. You can even ask questions about the previous work or projects in which you are facing problems. Your attitude will surely make you concerned about work.
- Show your presence:
It is not like that share any thought which is even not relevant, to mark your presence. Instead, you should take part in the meetings and share your quality thoughts about that topic, suggest and give ideas to tackle the problem. Always ready to initiate and take responsibility for completing the task. This all things put the positive response on your career.
- Be a Contributor:
Always try to study the old data and try to think long-term and present that in front of your boss. The future planning and pieces of advice you contribute to the company can be beneficial if considered and this will, of course, help you to be in good eyes of your boss.
Future planning requires detail statistical study and core knowledge of the topic. Every time try to put some more effort and work beyond assigned to you. This will help you in getting a good impression not only in front of the boss but also make you feel superior in front of your colleagues.
These were the few basic suggestions which you can follow for a successful one on one with your boss. One thing to note is that during any meeting be loud and clear in your thoughts so that you can pass on your whole necessary information to your listeners, and always be calm and listen carefully to every individual as their points can give you some idea which you can use later.
