What is managing up? While there are plenty of books about how to be a good Leader, there are few to none about how to be a good follower. Why is that?

Wherever you are in this world, you will always report to someone, your boss, a stakeholder, or an investor. Making those relationships work is as important as the relationships you build in your team. How can you apply your empathetic superpowers to your manager? Managing up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for the organization as a whole.

In this episode, we cover how to "Manage Up" with Michail Katkoff (Managing Director at Savage Games Studios and Founder of Deconstructor of Fun)

- How to be a good subordinate?

- How do you identify the "type" of your manager, and how do you adapt your leadership style for each?

- What are the upsides of managing up well?

Full video of the episode here: https://youtu.be/jlXkU0N2UKc

Check out the book Manage Up

More resources from HBR: https://hbr.org/2015/01/what-everyone-should-know-about-managing-up

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