Tag: Managing Up

How To Manage Up

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Your boss is a human being. To know your boss, treat him or her as a human being. And your boss will treat you as a human being.

If you want to meet with your boss, to know your boss, according to Mary Abbajay, ‘Don’t make up stories about your boss’s silence.’

‘Tell your boss ahead of time what you want to discuss.’

‘Listen to your boss’s ideas and help her sort out external processing.’

‘Make time for face-to-face conversations or pick up the phone and talk to your boss.’

‘Be positive and support new ideas from the outset.’

‘Keep track of new projects and volunteer to lead.’

‘Learn to love facts and support your ideas with evidence.’

‘Meet with your boss regularly and get to know her as a person.’

‘Take initiative. Ask what needs to be done, not how.’

‘Be a team player and show genuine concern for your boss and coworkers.’

‘Avoid venting in front of your boss; find other outlets to express your emotions.’

Source

Mary Abbajay (2018). Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Types of Boss

10 ‘Practical Lessons For New Managers’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘To be a great boss, you have to set clear, well-defined, and explicit expectations for your team members.’

‘Set clear expectations for your people. And when you think your expectations are clear enough, go back and make them even clearer.’

‘To be a great manager, not only do you have to be great at giving effective feedback, but also you have to be great at receiving effective feedback from your team.’

‘To be a great manager, make sure your team feels comfortable speaking up and speaking out.’

‘You cannot create a one-size-fits-all development plan for all individuals on your team.’

‘To be a great manager, don’t be afraid to use performance improvement plans to clearly articulate how team members can get better.‘

‘To motivate your team, understand what uniquely drives each of your employees.’

‘A great team needs a strong foundation built early in the team’s life.’

‘To be a great manager, help your team members develop goals that motivate and understand when goals just don’t matter.’

‘Build into your management practice questions that ask how your team members are truly feeling. And be truly interested in a response often than ‘fine.’

‘The first rule of good communicating is simply to make sure you are actually communicating. And the second rule is to overcommunicate. Repeat the point you want to get across. Then repeat it again. And repeat it one more time.’

‘Hiring the right people makes life wonderful- full of rainbows and butterflies and unicorns. Hiring the wrong people makes life a nightmare.’

Source

Rachel Pacheco (2021). Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers