managing up

“Ironically, the most senior people are best at managing up. This is why they got promoted in the first place, because they were great at managing up to their bosses to understand what was Worries worrying their bosses, what was keeping them up at night so that…”

“The more highly leveraged way to contribute and manage up is by being more vocal about sharing your point of view. When you just ask your manager, Hey manager, what should we do? You're putting a lot of cognitive load on your manager to need to think about the…”

“No matter how senior I got, managing up, I not only had to manage up, it actually became more important.”