How to Manage Up:
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Make it
clear your boss can count on you to deliver.
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Take great care of everything assigned to you. Always ask them how you can help them more and
continue to pull work from them as much as possible.
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Keep them apprised of your progress. Understand their preferences for communication
and proactively keep them updated.
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Move forward consistently. Don't require their
involvement but let them contribute and shape the work that you do. Carve
out time together when needed and to review important milestones.
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Set the
bar.
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Put yourself in their shoes. Each time they give you work to do, think through
how they would approach it and what questions they would ask.
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Add a golden touch to everything you work on. Always elevate the quality and value of the
output.
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Make each item that you deliver simple for all who consume it.
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Let them
know they can trust you.
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Welcome their input and listen intently when
they give it to you. Write down and save
key points for reference.
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Ask questions to learn more about where they are
coming from and why they think the way they do. Apply their methodology to the way that you work.
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Speak up as soon as there is an issue they
should be aware of. Let them share
insights and hard-earned lessons.
Those who have mastered the ability to manage up add incredible value to
the work that their team is responsible for.
When you focus on how you can provide the best service as well as
increase value, you take a different level of ownership over the work that you
do. When you are consistently focused on
elevating your game in a way that also positively impacts your team, you quantify your ability to create the optimal impact.
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