Managing Up
Effective Communication with Your Leader
Communicate needs, flag risks early and propose solutions your leader can act on.
Managing up is partnership, not politics. It is taking shared responsibility for the working relationship with the person you report to. Bring your leader clear information, real options and steady follow-through, and you become the partner they rely on.
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- Format
- Fillable PDF · 16 pages
- Best for
- Employees who want a clearer, steadier working relationship with their leader
- How to use
- Type directly into the fields in a PDF reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or Apple Preview, save as you go, or print it.
What’s inside
Built for real work.
- Build the Relationship: learn your leader’s priorities, pressures and preferred ways of working
- Ready Your Message: lead with the point, the facts and what you need
- Include Options: when useful, bring two or three choices and the trade-off behind each
- Deliver It Well: match the time, place and channel to what you need to say
- Gather Feedback: ask for input and help early, and offer respectful feedback in return
- Ensure Follow-Through: confirm decisions in writing and close every loop you open
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