Managing Upwards
Upwards?
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While you may typically think of the management part of being a manager as the relationship between yourself and those who report to you, it’s equally important to think about how to handle the relationship with your own manager. It’s critical to your happiness in the workplace, your career growth, and ultimately your success, as your manager will be judging your performance. By putting a concerted effort into getting the best out of the relationship with your own manager, you can be happier, more impactful, and go further in your career.
As you begin to report higher up the org chart, you’ll naturally be dealing with people who are extremely busy — especially true if you are reporting to the CTO or CEO. Although you may report to someone who actively spends a scheduled portion of their week thinking about your own career growth, with the increased messiness and ambiguity at the upper echelon of organizations, active attention from your manager will become increasingly unlikely. Instead, you should take your relationship with your manager into your own hands. Set the agenda yourself and seek…
