Here's how you can foster a smooth working relationship with your boss through effective communication.

Active listening is very important in any conversation at all levels. Agree active listening is not just hearing but to understand the context clearly and how we together can create better value and outcome. This is 2 way interaction and has to be respected by both parties.

Be proactive and show that you can do better, participate in challenges to solve issues, show that you’re interested and love your work by providing good solutions based on hard work

Biweekly catch up for streamlining communication with your leader is critical. Understanding what is working and what’s not going well needs to be discussed mutually.

Let’s talk every week and check status with your boss. If the goal needed to be changed let’s confirm with boss to change the goal

This is true at all levels, btw. Whether you’re in C-Suite or just starting out, start from the assumption that that your boss is there to help but calibrate it to how much of their time and bandwidth you are grabbing. And avoid absolutely any victim mindset behaviour.

Learning is ongoing process and feedback from boss helps individual to take corrective course and enhance capabilities. It also provide updates on upcoming regulation, technology and other business requirements.

Feedback is essential for growth. Encourage your boss to give you feedback. This helps you improve and adapt in any workplace.

The Stanford university executive program on Brains and Guts includes a brilliant chapter on reframing, I apply reframing to address challenges that ‘appear’ to be conflict but might be (a) understanding gaps (b) assumptions (c) urgency (d) dependencies (e) divergent viewpoints (f) misaligned priorities. When I observe aggression, I directly approach the contention with non-abrasive questions (a) how did we get here? (b) what is a wise way out (c) what challenge is to be tackled first (d) what is the real purpose of our effort. I have had good success to diffuse the aggression into dialogue. A dialogue unlocks respect, mutuality, natural partnership. With sensible 'give and take', smoother interactions are easy to access.

Handle workplace conflicts calmly and professionally. If needed, address issues directly with your peer to find solutions, fostering mutual respect and understanding to strengthen your professional relationship.

En todo desarrollo nos encontramos con conflictos de diversa indole, tanto profesionales como personales, pero la manera de gestionarlos que a mi entender funciona, es saber escuchar dejar de lado las pasiones que nos mueven al problema y tomar una desicion de como encarar dicho conflicto. Siempre llevando una solucion no un problema; debemos ser qienes en cada problema vemos un aprendisaje y no en cada problema un conflicto. Esta actitud mejora los lazos tanto laborales como personales con nuestros compa?eros y superiores

Understand how you manager operates. Most people are predictable in the way they behave and what they expect from you. Some examples: - If you know that every time you come up with a problem your manager asks you for 3 alternatives to tackle it, present the problems directly with those 3 alternatives and a recommendation. - If you know your manager reacts poorly if challenged in public, challenge them in private. - If you know your manager is worried about a certain topic, pay attention to that topic and be specially careful to keep them updated. You get the idea. The same way you take time to understand your colleagues and team to collaborate successfully with them, take the time to understand how to manage your manager.