When people talk about bosses or leaders it seems to be in opposite extremes, “they are awesome!” or “they are the worst!”. As you get deeper into your career, you will come across leaders that you look up, respect and feel drawn towards. That is a positive thing and will help you grow as a person and as a leader.
Building a relationship with your leader can be a very beneficial thing for both of you. You have someone that is helping you grow, looking out for opportunities for you and pushing you to new heights. They have a person that will help rally people to their cause, will go above and beyond to get the job done and will, in most cases, be a better employee.
The key to building a relationship with your leader is integrity. You may become the best of friends but at the end of the day, you have to remember that there will come a time where they have to put on boss hat. They may have to have difficult convos with you and if things get bad enough may have to fire you. Which is where the integrity comes in…if you are building a relationship with your leader to use that relationship to further your career or save your career ONLY. You aren’t building it with integrity.
You want your leader to push you to grow, to call out your weaknesses so they can help you improve and push yourself further. They aren’t a get out of jail free card. If you build the relationship on integrity and work hard to grow and push each other, you will absolutely help level each other up over time.
I hope this was helpful. If you have any questions or want to dive more into a topic, let me know. Thanks for being here!
