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Strong disagree. Managing up is an increasingly necessary and valuable skill, the further in your career you progress.
by chrisweekly 4y ago
Strong disagree. Managing up is an increasingly necessary and valuable skill, the further in your career you progress.
- candiddevmike 4y agoI never said it's an unnecessary skill. My point is that having to do it should be a red flag for dysfunctional leadership.
- schrodinger 4y agoThat doesn't seem fair to me. An example from my job—we had a SEV 0 incident, and an _extremely_ important partners was calling our CTO directly to find out details, estimated time to resolution, etc. Being able to clearly articulate the problem at the CTO → 3rd party level in a way is a pretty important example of managing up in my opinion.
- atoav 4y agoRe-read the post you have been commenting on and point out where it says that managment isn't important. What that post said is in fact that managment can be so important that it can't be left to people who are bad at it.
- chrisweekly 4y agoHuh? Maybe your comment was aimed elsewhere in the thread; I never said management isn't important. I responded simply and directly to this comment: > Needing to "manage up" is the ultimate waste of resources... why even have a manager at that point. This kind of blanket refusal to engage meaningfully with one's manager and provide upward feedback creates a vicious cycle that compounds the problem. (PoV based on 25y in the industry, spanning startups and enterprises, in IC and managerial roles incl VP.)