How to Enhance A Working Relationship
1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait
until 5:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge
of a deadline is refreshing.
2. If it's really a 'rush job', run in and interrupt
me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going. That
helps.
3. Always leave without telling anyone where you
are going. Gives me a chance to be creative when somebody
asks me where you are.
4. If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books or
supplies, don't open the door for me. I need to learn
how to be more independent and do without any help,
which is why I work here.
5. If you give me more than one job to do, don't
tell me which is the priority. Let me guess. It builds
management skills and my innate ability of mind reading.
6. Do your best to keep me late. I like the office
and I really have nowhere to go and nothing else to
do. My life is yours.
7. If a job pleases you, keep it a secret. Leaks
like that could cost me a promotion.
8. If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like
my name to be popular in conversation.
9. If you have any special instructions for a job,
don't write them down. In fact, save them until the
job is almost done, or better yet until it is done,
so I can learn repetitive perfection doing it your
way.
10. Be nice to me only when the job I'm doing for
you could really change your life. Tell me all your
little problems. No one else has any and it's nice
to know someone else is less fortunate.
