5 Tips for Surviving a disorganized boss, that will not only help you successfully breeze through this challenging environment, but rule at work!

1. 5 Tips For Surviving ‘The
Curse of The
Disorganized Boss’
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2. About Prioritizing Efficiently
“There is nothing so useless as doing effectively that which should not
be done at all.”
-Pete Drucker
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3. Stay Visible at Work
 Being invisible at work keeps people from noticing what you’re
doing.
 Making your efforts more visible will help you to overcome the fallout
from disorganized actions taken by your boss.
 The benefits to being visible at work are innumerable, and the
attention you gain will create positive feedback.
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4. Don’t Lose Focus, Motivate Yourself
 If you play your cards right, you might end up the new, more
organized boss!
 Stay focused and always give 110% to your job.
 Put more organizational tips into practice and soon you have a
critical skill that is necessary to lead a team.
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5. Always Confirm Orders Promptly
 Send your boss clearly written clarifications of what you think he told
you.
 Give him some ‘wait time’ while he clarifies.
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6. Provide Regular Status Reports
 When distributed via email or posted on an intranet site, they keep
the rest of the company informed about your accomplishments.
 Writing regular status reports will create a running log of your work
efforts.
 Hand them over to your boss during your annual review, and she will
have no excuse not to be aware of your hard work during the past
year.
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7. Stay Organized!
 Organize yourself, it will make you more efficient and will enable you
to handle a heavier workload.
 Use Apps like Evernote, to stay organized with work and clients.
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