It may seem obvious, but plenty of employees fail to accomplish the basic tasks that are required of them. If you make a diligent effort and do a good job, your boss will be impressed. “It all starts here,” Coleman says. “If you don’t do great work it’ll be difficult, if not impossible, to win over your boss, even if you follow all of the remaining suggestions well. Employees who do good work, consistently, efficiently, and professionally, are a joy to manage and ultimately allow their manager to focus on critical issues within the organization. The less your boss has to focus on your accomplishing your daily tasks, the more he or she can focus on accomplishing his or hers.”

這似乎是顯而易見的，但是很多員工未能完成所要求的基本任務(wù)。如果你工作勤奮努力，并出色的完成工作，你將會給你的老板留下不錯的印象。“一切從這里開始，”科爾曼說。“如果連本職工作都做不好，哪怕你能把其他八條秘笈都用上，想要贏得老板的肯定也是很難的，甚至根本沒戲。能穩(wěn)定、高效、專業(yè)地開展工作的職員，管理起來會是樂事一件，并且能為其上級將更多精力投入到組織內(nèi)部的關(guān)鍵問題提供幫助。上司對你日常工作好壞投入的精力越少，就越能夠騰出手來實現(xiàn)自己的成就。”