The Young Leader Challenge: Dealing with a boss who plays favourites

The workplace of today is not the easiest of places to settle into comfortably. With the daily pulls & pushes from clients & customers, demanding bosses, tight deadlines...the list goes on.

The objective of The Young Leader Challenge is to bring together and share various perspectives around a circumstance/issue that one could face in the workplace.

Case Study

Ajit is competent and hardworking. He is demotivated at work because he thinks his boss is playing favourites. Ajit feels while he does all the hard work, his boss blatantly favours another member of the team at the time of appraisal and even when showcasing the team's work to the senior management. With the annual appraisal coming up in his organisation, Ajit wants to proactively resolve the issue. What should he do?

A. Step up his game

B. Confront the boss

C. Ignore. All bosses have favourites

D. Look for another job

Let us know your comments (50 words max.) by today.

Please remember to share your full name as part of the answer.

The best answers will be featured in The Economic Times issue dated 6 November, 2012.