Resources
Thank you for purchasing The Boss Factor, by Richard Boston.
These resources are designed to support you as you read the book. If you’d like more, please contact us with your suggestions.
Lesson 2: graph
From surviving to truly thriving
A printable copy of page 43 for those who don’t wish to write in their books or are working from an eBook and would like somewhere to record their thinking.
Lesson 5: worksheet
Engaging your boss and other key stakeholders
This worksheet replicates the table on pages 106-7
Lesson 7: dialogue v. debate
Two styles of conversation
This slide summarises the differences between these two ways of interacting with others, whether it’s one-to-one or in groups and teams. It builds on the principles in the book and offers more detail to help you transform the processes you use in discussions, should you wish to do so.
Lesson 7: team discussions
A four-box foundation for productive meetings
In Lesson 7, Richard lists a number of types of process including communication, decision-making and problem-solving. Our clients have found this four-box framework helpful as a starting point for processes in each of those three areas – whether that’s when working with their boss, colleagues or the people they lead. It’s based on the model behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) but you don’t need to know anything about the MBTI to use it.
Lesson 8: assessing commitment
Worksheets based on pages 181, 191, 193
In Lesson 8, you have the opportunity to explore your own commitment, your boss’s and those of key stakeholders. In this PDF, you’ll find copies of the three diagrams from pages 181, 191 and 193. Feel free to print them for personal use.
