What Is Managing Up?
When you ask a friend how her job is going, she says, “Once I started managing up, things got a lot better.” You cringe, thinking “managing up” smacks of political maneuvering, cozying up to the boss, or even outright manipulation.
Fortunately, when it’s done right, managing up isn’t any of those things. It can be a delicate business, no doubt. But it needn’t involve power plays on the one hand or kowtowing on the other. Managing up is simply a conscious approach to working with your supervisor toward goals you both care about. The aim is to achieve a mutually beneficial relationship. This book gives you tips on how to do that.
What managing up involves
Even though you’re not the person in charge, you’ll need to set a positive, ...
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