“You’re not the boss of me! Oh wait, actually, you are.”

I’ve found that there is sometimes a strange tension between worker bees and their bosses.  I’m not sure why this is the case, my guess is that this is a very Western phenomenon.  I noticed that when I was in Syria, it wasn’t that way.  Bosses were treated with a lot of respect.

I’ll let the philosophers duke out what is really happening, my point is just to emphasize that you should see your boss as your ally.

The way I approach it is that my boss is the person my organization chose to represent them to me.  So, since I work for this organization, I should do everything in my power to keep my boss happy.

Obviously, you can end up with a difficult boss once in a while, but you have the option to find a new position on a different team/department/organization.

I’ve found that if you make sure you take care of your boss, your boss will take care of you.

Let me know what you think. 🙂