Wednesday, February 24, 2010

If you only do one thing this week ... tell your bosses what you think of them


Employers should receive appraisals as well as employees – just be careful how you go about '360-degree feedback'

Bottling up frustration at your boss is not advisable. Photograph: Teri Pengilley/Teri Pengilley

Whether it's a failure to communicate useful information or a tendency for slip-ups that make you and your colleagues look bad, the chances are you could tell your boss a thing or two about the way he or she works. Recently it was even claimed that doing so would make you less stressed.

The trouble is finding the right way to approach the matter. Bottle things up and you may end up exploding and saying things you regret, but speak out on the spur of the moment and you may come across as antagonistic. So what is the most constructive way to go about telling your boss what you think of him or her?

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