He’s thinking you’re a mind reader. She believes you are the original miracle worker. Always staying five steps ahead of them might make bosses think you are part Svengali, and certainly incredibly valuable. So how do we really look into the future to see what to expect from bosses?
Start off by doing a profile and analyzing patterns. By stepping back and looking at the patterns of urgencies, unexpected deadlines or consistencies of any sort, we can start to anticipate when the next emergency will occur. By asking, watching calendars and continually using our peripheral vision we can stay aware of everything going on around us at work. Often important information/signs are all around us, we’ve just been too busy to notice. Which leads us to…
Getting more information. The more we know, the more valuable we are. Ask, demand, read, study, and get as much information as you can. When you can start thinking for your boss because you know much of what’s happening at your office, and probably have a better organizational sense to keep facts and dates straight, then you go from merely valuable, to absolutely indispensable.
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