Managing Up as an Employee

Managing Up as an Employee

49mIntermediate2020-10-28

Authors

Mary Abbajay

Mary Abbajay

Best-Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Consultant, Facilitator

Course details

Establishing a good working relationship with your manager is one of the most effective ways to accelerate success in your organization. In this course, get strategies for managing up, whether you're collaborating with your boss in a remote environment or a physical office. Join Mary Abbajay—the best-selling author of Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss—as she provides practical strategies for working with a range of different personalities. Because working well with others requires us to understand how people operate, Mary steps through how to recognize (and accept) the different types of bosses you may encounter. Learn how to manage the extroverted (or introverted) boss, the micromanager, the workaholic boss, and more. Plus, discover what you can do to combat the ill effects of a toxic boss. Whether the person above you is a middle manager or a top executive, this course can provide you with the tools you need to set yourself up for success.

Skills covered

Personal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off

Concepts

Introduction

  • Welcome to managing up
  • What do we mean by 'managing up'
  • How to manage up virtually

Human Skills and Managing Up

  • Why everyone needs to manage up
  • Key principles for managing up
  • Identifying boss types

Managing Typical Boss Types

  • How to manage an introverted boss
  • How to manage an extroverted boss
  • The advancer boss
  • The energizer boss
  • The evaluator boss
  • The harmonizer boss

Managing Difficult Boss Types

  • How to survive the micromanager
  • How to survive the workaholic
  • How to survive the ghost boss
  • How to survive the impulsive boss

Managing Toxic Boss Types

  • Beware the narcissist
  • How to save yourself from the toxic boss
  • Time to quit or stay the course

Conclusion

  • Taking the first step in understanding your boss
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