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Managing Up
How to Move up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss
Mary Abbajay (Author)
9781119436683, Wiley
Hardback, published 11 May 2018
224 pages
23.1 x 16 x 2.3 cm, 0.408 kg
Build vital connections to accelerate your career success Managing Up is your guide to the most valuable 'soft skill' your career has ever seen. It's not about sucking up or brown-nosing; it's about figuring out who you are, who your boss is, and finding where you meet. It's about building real relationships with people who have influence over your career. Managing up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for the organization as a whole. This book gives you strategies for developing these all-important connections and building more than rapport; you become able to quickly assess situations, and determine which actions will move you forward; you become your own talent manager, and your boss's top choice for that new opportunity. As a skill, managing up can do more for your career than simply 'networking' ever could—and this book shows you how. Real-world strategies give you a set of actionable steps, supplemented by expert advice from a top leadership consultant that helps you get on track to advancement. It's never too early or too late to start adjusting your alignment, and this book provides the help you need to start accelerating your trajectory. Managing up helps you build the sort of relationships that foster more communication, collaboration, cooperation, and understanding between people at different levels of power, with a variety of perspectives and skills. This type of bridge-building builds your reputation for effectiveness and fit, so you can start skipping rungs on the ladder as you build a strong, successful career. Managing Up is your personal manual for building this vital skill so you can begin building your best future.
Acknowledgments xi About the Author xiii Introduction xv Chapter 1 Stop Complaining and Start Winning – Managing Up is the Key to Your Success 1 Chapter 2 Is Your Boss an Innie or Outie? 13 Chapter 3 The Innie 21 Chapter 4 The Outie 31 Chapter 5 Workplace Styles – Assessing Your Boss’s Workstyle Personality 39 Chapter 6 The Energizer 47 Chapter 7 The Advancer 55 Chapter 8 The Harmonizer 65 Chapter 9 The Evaluator 73 Chapter 10 Difficult Bosses 81 Chapter 11 The Micromanager 85 Chapter 12 The Hands-Off, Absentee, Ghost Boss 95 Chapter 13 The Narcissist 103 Chapter 14 The Impulsive Boss 113 Chapter 15 The Pushover 123 Chapter 16 The BFF Boss 131 Chapter 17 The Workaholic 141 Chapter 18 The Incompetent 151 Chapter 19 The Nitpickers and Seagulls 161 Chapter 20 The Truly Terrible – Psycho Crazy Bully Tyrannical Screaming Egomaniacs 169 Chapter 21 It’s Okay to Quit 185 Chapter 22 Bonus Tips – 50Ways to Manage Your Manager 195 Index 203
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
