From the course: Bad Boss: Dealing with a Difficult Manager

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The top priority tasks keep changing

The top priority tasks keep changing

From the course: Bad Boss: Dealing with a Difficult Manager

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The top priority tasks keep changing

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- The next type of problem boss is a boss who moves the goalposts. They have different flavor of the month and they keep changing what they want from you. And there are several things you can do. First of all, agree a jobs list with them. They may ask for a jobs list, but if they don't, write one yourself and then you can say to them, these are the jobs I'm doing for you, is this right? And I've put them in priority order. Are you happy with the priority order? And doing this gives you a bit of control, of course, 'cause you can choose the order. And you could even sneak a couple of jobs in that you want to do that they haven't given you. And you can say, these are the things I'm working on, are you happy with my list? And if they say yes, you've got them. The worst they'll do is delete the ones you added. You're only back at square one. So write a jobs list, get them to approve it. And then every time they put in an extra job you can say, well, I can do that one, but I've got these…

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