How to Help Your Boss Help You • Ken Kousen & Trisha Gee • GOTO 2021

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Ken Kousen - Author of "Help Your Boss Help You" & President at Kousen IT Trisha Gee - Co-Editor of "97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know" & Java Advocacy Lead at JetBrains DESCRIPTION There are tons of books about how to become a manager and how to improve as a manager, but in this Book Club episode, Trisha Gee talks to Ken Kousen about how you can manage your own manager. They explore his book “Help Your Boss Help You,” which takes the standpoint of an employee and how you can build a relationship with your boss that helps you get what you want. What drives the dynamic in a professional relationship, and how can you as an employee steer the wheel for your career? The interview is based on Ken's book "Help Your Boss Help You": https://amzn.to/3yCHnXf TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 03:44 The books before the book 08:18 How to manage your manager: iterated prisoner’s dilemma 16:19 Find the middle ground 20:22 Inclusive language matters 27:11 Building a relationship 31:29 Why are there bad managers? 38:08 Change your situation 42:20 Should your boss be your friend? 49:51 Outro Read the full transcription of the interview here: https://gotopia.tech/bookclub/episodes/how-to-manage-your-manager RECOMMENDED BOOKS Ken Kousen • Help Your Boss Help You • https://amzn.to/3yCHnXf Ken Kousen • Kotlin Cookbook • https://amzn.to/2Yb3SWE Ken Kousen • Modern Java Recipes • https://amzn.to/3l3J0sr Ken Kousen • Gradle Recipes for Android • https://amzn.to/3tcdpIG Ken Kousen • Making Java Groovy • https://amzn.to/3kL2eCW Robert Axelrod • The Evolution of Cooperation • https://amzn.to/3BSvn67 Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais • Team Topologies • http://amzn.to/3sVLyLQ https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences https://ncase.me/trust https://medium.com/@kenkousen https://kenkousen.substack.com #Management #Leadership #HowToTalkToYourBoss #Programming #KenKousen #TrishaGee #Teams #SoftwareTeams #ManagingYourManager #Inclusivity #Diversity #PrisonersDilemma #IteratedPrisonersDilemma #BadManagers #Change Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1