Negotiate Anything Strategies for Managing Up and Remote Communication With Dave Stachowiak
Jan 25, 2024
Dave Stachowiak, Founder of Coaching for Leaders, discusses managing up and remote communication. He explains the importance of mindset and reframing frustrations for productive discussions. Learn a non-threatening and collaborative approach for negotiating with your boss. Strategies for managing difficult conversations with a remote boss are also explored.
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Treat Your Boss As A Customer
- Managing up isn't about changing your boss's personality or habits.
- Instead, treat your boss as a customer and focus on serving their goals to influence outcomes.
Open With Curiosity And The Business Impact
- Start a managing-up conversation with curiosity: say "Here's something I'm noticing."
- State the business impact and ask, "What might we do to provide clarity?"
Example: Skip‑Level Micromanagement
- Dave recounts a common scenario where a skip‑level boss micromanages and creates chaos for a team.
- He shows the exact wording to raise that with the boss as a learning conversation.