It's not a question of being in marketing. It's going out in your company and being the guy that your boss sees everywhere he looks. Somebody needs supplies delivered to their desk, YOU deliver them. Someone else needs help figuring out how to do something on the computer, YOU'RE the guy giving the help. Someone else needs help cleaning up a mess on the floor, YOU're the one helping.
It's not rocket science . . . . . it's BEATING him at his own game. You buy him a bottle of scotch and it sends a message that you don't want to send. The kind you want to send is greeting him when he first walks into the office in the morning with a cup of coffee, a stack of reports and a bagel or muffin or something
Unless it’s your job to be ‘everywhere he looks’ don’t do it.
Do your job, not the office managers.
Unless your pay rate is very low I doubt he wants you getting him coffee.
Suddenly being too helpful sends an even worse message then simply sucking up a little.
I might start showing up earlier then the boss or his snitches (you know who they are).
But if you aren’t a solid performer it’s really too late to change that now.