What’s the quickest way to make your working life easier? Make your manager’s working life easier? If you are able to effectively manage upward, it will benefit not only your manager but will also have a huge impact on your own job satisfaction and career prospects. Traditional thinking has focused on the manager’s role in managing their team members, but more recently there has been a growing focus on managing upward – developing a healthy and positive relationship with your manager so that you both achieve your goals, and the organization’s goals. Managing upward is not about the necessity to do so because your manager is incompetent (or a micromanager, or indecisive, or giving you vague feedback….), it is about using the traits of a good manager to bring out the best in you. If you are able to manage upward successfully, you will see the ultimate win-win outcome for you and your manager.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
• Develop a healthy and balanced view of the employee/employer relationship
• Gain a better understanding of what makes your manager tick
• Identify different communication styles to help you more effectively influence your manager
• Create a checklist for managing upwards and approach discussions with a win-win mindset
Course content
• Clarifying expectations between you and your manager
• Providing high value with a low maintenance approach
• Six key insights to understanding your manager
• Recognizing your attitude towards authority
• Identifying your manager’s preferred communication style
• Ten top tips for managing upwards
