Delivering what your boss wants is your ticket to a successful career.

 

Studies have consistently shown that while all bosses have their own particular expectations, nearly all expect the same things from their employees.

 

Here are 5 top tips for meeting your boss’s expectations.

 

 

It’s the first thing your boss sees and feels when you show up for work each day.

 

So you’d better act like you want to be there.

 

Be positive and demonstrate that you have a real passion for your job.

 

Follow through on commitments – do whatever you say you are going to do.

 

Never over commit and avoid hedging your bets with vague statements like “I’ll try” or “maybe.” Instead, make your word carry real weight.

 

 

If you can’t do the job, stop wasting everyone’s time!

 

It’s important to demonstrate that you’re on top of your workload and can perform.

 

Don’t talk about the tasks you’ve done, tell your boss about what you are achieving.

 

You don’t have to be an expert in everything but you should have a specific area of expertise or a skill that your boss values.

 

Keep learning for tomorrow too. Don’t sit back and let your skills become dated.

 

 

Bosses pay for results, period. 

 

Tesco’s Dave Lewis can afford to be wishy washy about the future of Tesco’s can he?! Bottom line, investors or shareholders will soon want to know how and when things will get better. 

 

And take a look at Morrison’s: it appears shareholders at Morrison’s may not be happy with the payout made to Dalton Philips, the former Morrison’s boss, who has walked away with around £3m and could receive further payouts over the next two years, despite presiding over a collapse in the company’s profits, losing customers to discount rivals Aldi and Lidl and overseeing a tanking share price will no doubt anger shareholders, who heard Mr Philips’s strategy described as an expletive by Sir Ken Morrison at the company’s AGM last year.

 

A company, be it Morrison’s, Tesco or any other, doesn’t pay you to simply show up and perform tasks.

 

Show how you’ve saved money, increased efficiency or soothed an upset customer.

You need to differentiate yourself from your co-workers and this is a great way to do that.

 

 

Bosses want someone who fits in and is a valuable and valued part of the team.

 

Talk positively about your boss, colleagues and organisation.

 

Be ‘low maintenance’ – easy to work with – no boss wants a complicated employee who always seems to fall into conflicts and disagreements with others.

 

 

Organisational life is in constant state of change. Show you’re not afraid of change and can thrive even when things are ambiguous or uncertain.

 

If you can’t roll with it, learn to live with it – being adaptable, not rigid, is critical.

 

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