Manage Your Boss, Stand Up for Your Team
Senior management and other groups in an organization may want you to perform heroic acts, but taking on more work than you can handle isn’t heroism; it’s martyrdom. When you take on work you can’t handle, you take on all the risk (and generally, none of the reward).
- Understand the other person’s context.
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Don’t blame the other person (in this case, a senior manager) for wanting what they want. Understand the reasons and needs behind the desire.Managing Your Boss [GK80]101 Biggest Mistakes Managers Make [AC97]
- Avoid premature decisions.
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When senior management informs you the plan has taken a 180-degree turn, they often want to know right away that you can meet the new agenda. It’s tempting to rise to ...
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