I don’t get along with my boss: what can I do?

To start with, don’t let your job and your boss define who you are: it is a job, not your life.

Develop tactics that work for yourself and your present circumstances and keep up your mood (remember Harvard Business Review research).

In practice you could:

• Manage upwards – try to understand what is important to your boss and why, what makes him/her tick, make yourself valuable and develop a positive working relationship.
• Manage yourself – focus on what you can control and do it well.
• Leave – if neither option one or two work, then change your job.

Remember the 3 questions:

1. Do you like yourself?
2. Do you like what you do every day?
3. Do you like how you do what you do?

So, what are you going to do?