Nearly everyone in the administrative world is subordinate to someone else. Thus getting along with superiors is critical to career success.
A version of this article appeared in the September 1979 issue of Harvard Business Review.
The Subordinate’s Predicaments
How can subordinates improve relations with their superiors? And how can superiors help their subordinates feel comfortable in what is often a tense relationship? These questions have usually been dealt with only indirectly in management circles. Yet the relationship is so threatening to many subordinates that they react in ways that are damaging to themselves […]