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"managing your manager" is great in theory, but a lack of managing up doesn't absolve management of their primary responsibility to do that job themselves. Thei
by lucisferre 9y ago
"managing your manager" is great in theory, but a lack of managing up doesn't absolve management of their primary responsibility to do that job themselves. Their direct reports already have primary responsibilities to do the work, expecting them to also do yours is a little bit much.
Managers who want their reports to develop the skills to "manage up" have a responsibility to help them develop those skills and should not simply expect them.
- philipov 9y agoManaging up is not a thing that managers expect. Managing up is something you learn in order to protect yourself from managers that can't manage. It's the skill of learning to enforce boundaries and stand up to bullies: a basic life skill for dealing with a hostile world. Your manager by definition is not in a position to teach you those skills when they are the one in need of being controlled.