Having a pleasant chat with your boss is extremely important for your subordinates' career prospects. Especially a private one-on-one conversation, for a migrant worker seeking a promotion and a salary increase, it is simply a "God-given opportunity, which will never come again". So as a subordinate, how can you seize this rare opportunity to leave a good impression on the leader that will be hard to forget? The author has studied the strategy theory of Guiguzi for many years, and has analyzed countless cases of using the "technique of internal fighting" to successfully ascend to the top.
- 1. Talk about achievements and set the tone.
Some people say, "The world is a grass platform." Although there is some truth in this sentence, ignoring that everything is developing and changing, from imperfect to relatively perfect. Every "regular army" was once a "guerrilla". For most leaders, they are currently leading "guerrillas", and their projects are based on "grass decks". Therefore, a shrewd subordinate should avoid "which pot is not opened and which pot is not mentioned", and should not focus on those "goofs" "plots", but should look at the "comparative advantage" more.
When chatting with leaders, we should pay attention to showing a positive side, talk more about the achievements of the team, and talk more about the achievements of individuals, so as to lay a pleasant and harmonious "tone" for chatting with each other. With this pleasant chat atmosphere, leaders will not only appreciate your "sunshine mentality", but also may put down the "shelf" (or "guard" mentality) and reveal more about the organization's development plan and unknown insider information to you. Guiguzi's "all words, laws, and yang, and the like are all said to begin", that is, affirming achievements and chatting about more positive topics is the key to "breaking the ice" in chatting, which can quickly lead to more topics.
- Second, talk about progress and be an eyeliner.
The ancients said, "It's not cold in a high place." Although leaders are in high positions of authority and have a lot of organizational resources, they also have concerns and fear of being deceived and misled, and eventually "the higher they climb, the harder they fall." If a subordinate can help the leader alleviate this concern, then he will rise sharply in the mind of the leader. Therefore, a shrewd subordinate, after chatting about past achievements, will naturally pull the topic to the current work or project, and tell the leader about the latest work (or project) progress, which is undoubtedly equivalent to providing precious first-hand information. With this news, especially some of the key details, leaders will feel more in control and their sense of security will rise. Remember, if you can act as the "eyeliner" of the leader, then the leader will also love you as much as the eyes!
In addition, reporting progress is also a valuable opportunity to communicate with leaders, so that we can understand the true intentions and inner thoughts of leaders, and adjust our priorities and strategies to ensure that we are always on the same page as leaders' thinking and that there are no major mistakes.
- 3. Talk about personnel and show loyalty.
One of the main tasks of a leader is to employ people, so collecting all kinds of information about team members through various channels is the "just need" of leaders. A shrewd subordinate will definitely properly meet the "just needs" of the leader, and "inadvertently" chat with the leader about the situation of other colleagues. So how do you talk about others so that you don't arouse the disgust of the leader? There are two principles for you to refer to. First, respect the facts, but make trade-offs. Make sure that your comments are based on facts, but you can "sift through" the facts according to your needs. The second is to hide emotions, but have a tendency. Try to comment on others in an objective, fair and unemotional tone, but have a biased attitude towards different people. Specifically, it is to affirm and tolerate the personnel who are valued by the leader, and those who have no competitive relationship with themselves, while the personnel who are disgusted by the leader and their competitors should be denied and picky.
By chatting with people, we show our care and support for the organization to the leaders, and let the leaders see our overall view and team awareness. At the same time, we also expressed our support and trust for the leader himself, so that the leader felt that we were loyal partners on the same front with him, and further deepened the trust and emotional bond between each other.
- Fourth, talk about difficulties and put forward conditions.
As the saying goes, "Crying kids have candy." "As a subordinate, the ability and resources are not as good as the leader, and there will inevitably be various difficulties in the work. And if you can lose no time in mentioning the "difficult things" at work to the leader, there is a high probability that you will get certain resources and support. So how can you get the right balance?
There are a few things to keep in mind: 1. By hinting at the difficulty of the task, let the leader know that your needs are reasonable. 2. When proposing conditions, pay attention to choosing the right time and method. Don't bring it up when the leader is busy or in a bad mood to avoid causing resentment. When the leader is in a good mood or pays more attention to the work, you can skillfully put forward your ideas and plans. 3. The proposed conditions are not too difficult to do and are reasonable. Make it easy for leaders to meet your requirements. This gives you the resources and support you need, and it also gives your leaders a sense of engagement and accomplishment that they are helping you solve your problems.
All in all, chatting with leaders is an esoteric art that needs to be experienced and mastered by our hearts. By applying the above strategic skills, we can fully demonstrate our strengths and values in the communication with the leader, unconsciously leave a good impression in the leader's heart, and lay a solid foundation for our future and development.