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Managing Up

By: Linda A. Hill
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Abstract

Managing up is not political game playing. Rather, it's a conscious approach to working with your supervisor toward goals that are important to both of you. Through managing up, you build a productive working relationship with your boss and create a way to use the complementary strengths of you and your boss to deliver value to your company. This volume helps you: Understand the business results you produce by learning how to manage up; Cultivate a mutually beneficial relationship with your manager; Communicate effectively with your boss about priorities and problems; and Negotiate win-win solutions to on-the-job challenges with your supervisor.

Keywords

Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Managerial Roles; Alliances; Value Creation

Citation

Hill, Linda A. Managing Up. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 2008. (Mentor.)

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Linda A. Hill

Organizational Behavior
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