The article “Build A Great Working Relationship With Your Boss” expounds on 5 means to not only keep your boss happy with you, the new employee, but also give you tangible business advice to be successful at your new job.

Although all 5 means mentioned in this article: Watch and Learn, Keep In Touch, Look and Act Professional, Demonstrate Initiative, and Do Great Work, lead to a better relationship with your boss and are certainly all entwined and none to be forgotten, I feel that “Watch and Learn” and “Demonstrate Initiative” are of uppermost importance.

A new employee must constantly watch and learn not only the operations of the content of the job but the interaction and behavior of the staff already there. Certainly using perceptive judgment on what to say and do in all aspects of the business is a must. Alienating staff and the boss by the inappropriate words or actions can be costly to your career and to you personally.

“Demonstrating Initiative” and performing tasks above and beyond stated expectations should be something that a new employee should WANT to do. Organizations with initiatives, not only enhance the good feeling between boss and employee, but also boosts the new employee’s confidence to see a task well done and noticed by all concerned.

This article is a wonderful synopsis of how to build a relationship with your boss and well worth taking the time to reread every now and then as a reminder of how to be a beneficial employee to your boss and organization.