Six Ways to Get Your AD on Your Side

1. Let him/her do the talking: Ask questions and let them talk, vent, explain or brag.  People love to talk about them selves.
   
2. Take him/her to lunch: See number 1.
3. Walk a mile: Administrators are under a lot of pressure.  Much of that pressure is financial, especially in the current economic client.  Let them know that you understand that.  Try saying "I'd feel the same way if I were you..."  Avoid using "but" because it negates everything that came before it.
4. Do your part: Demonstrate that you are a team player by helping to cut financial corners where you can and by pitching in.
5. Avoid gossip: Don't partake in the negative gossip that your colleagues would like for you to engage in.
   
6. This is business: Understand that athletics is a business where, like it or not, money is the bottom line.  You, therefore, are a business-person.  Treat your role as such.