
Oct 2, 2018 ● Kate Lopaze
6 steps to dealing with a forgetful boss
Every job has a secret component that never appears on a job description or annual review: managing your relationship with your boss. Unless you’re at the very top of your company’s food chain, you have a manager who works above and with you to make sure you’re doing what you need to do. But although this is a highly professional relationship, it’s also a human one, with your personality and your boss’s in play. If you have a boss who tends to forget things, or has a short attention span, the work day can feel a bit like Groundhog Day as you explain and re-explain things—but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Let’s go over some strategies you can use to make sure your boss has all the info she needs, while helping you keep your sanity.