Have you ever felt like you lack agency at work, like your boss doesn’t hear you, or like you need to shift your relationships with the people in charge? Managing up might be the key to creating positive, lasting change. In today’s episode, Jessi Hempel talks with Melody Wilding to give you the roadmap to managing your manager. Melody Wilding is an LMSW, executive coach, and author of the new book Managing Up: How to Get What You Want from The People in Charge.
Melody and Jessi discuss:
- Five conversations you can have with your boss to improve your working relationship
- How managing up is a skill that anyone can learn
- Aligning yourself with your manager to ensure you are working on the right work
- Understanding both your boss’s and your own work style and preferences
- How to give your boss the right feedback in the right way
- How and when to set boundaries at work
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