UBL executive Abhishek TR lays down three points on managers

We think of our boss as someone who we report to or who sits back and judges our performance at the time of appraisal. Abhishek TR, a United Breweries Limited UBL executive, has a different take on managers and what your relationship should be like with them.

Abhishek, who has previously worked with the FMCG major Procter Gamble P&G, said in a recent LinkedIn post that he got opportunities to interact with top leaders that have built strong brands, as a result of his last assignment with the company. He said one of his experiences was about how employees could manage their managers. He said that people tend to look at their managers as someone they report to or as someone sitting there to judge and analyse their performance in the early stages of their career. Abhishek stated that while this is part of the managers responsibilities, the truth is that the objectives of the bosses and our roles overlap and the bosses objectives won't be met if you don't perform at your best.

Abhishek underlined, Some managers make it clear to the team but most don't and that's where the friction arises. The UBL executive laid down three points that can come in handy when dealing with your boss on a day-to- day basis.

As a counterpart, aligning your manager with your top priorities and bringing your manager down from a pedestal and looking at him as a human being are two things that are thinking of these points. Your manager is learning how to manage people in the same way that you are learning how to do your job. The way they handle you may not always be perfect, but she is evolving. You might have worked with managers at different stages of the evolutions so don't be quick to judge them.