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    Managing Up (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
    Managing Up (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
    Managing Up (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
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    Managing Up (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)

    By Harvard Business Review

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    Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political games or compromising your character? Managing Up offers concise, expert tips on:

    • Understanding your manager's priorities and pressures
    • Setting a positive tone for the relationship
    • Managing expectations--and egos
    • Earning trust and respect

    Don't have much time? Get up to speed fast on the most essential business skills with HBR's 20-Minute Manager series. Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic. Advice you can quickly read and apply, for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives--from the most trusted source in business. Also available as an ebook.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarvard Business Review Press
    Release dateFeb 18, 2014
    ISBN9781625270900
    Managing Up (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series)
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    Managing Up (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series) - Harvard Business Review

    Managing Up

    Get up to speed fast on essential business skills. Whether you’re looking for a crash course or a brief refresher, you’ll find just what you need in HBR’s 20-Minute Manager series—foundational reading for ambitious professionals and aspiring executives. Each book is a concise, practical primer, so you’ll have time to brush up on a variety of key management topics.

    Advice you can quickly read and apply, from the most trusted source in business.

    Titles include:

    Creating Business Plans

    http://hbr.org/product/creating-business-plans-20-minute-manager-series/an/16998-PBK-ENG

    Delegating Work

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    Finance Basics

    http://hbr.org/product/finance-basics-20-minute-manager-series/an/16864-PBK-ENG

    Managing Projects

    http://hbr.org/product/managing-projects-20-minute-manager-series/an/16862-PBK-ENG

    Managing Time

    http://hbr.org/product/managing-time-20-minute-manager-series/an/17001-PBK-ENG

    Managing Up

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    Presentations

    http://hbr.org/product/presentations-20-minute-manager-series/an/16865-PBK-ENG

    Running Meetings

    http://hbr.org/product/running-meetings-20-minute-manager-series/an/17003-PBK-ENG

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    HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PRESS

    Boston, Massachusetts

    Copyright 2014 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation

    All rights reserved

    Printed in the United States of America

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    No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu, or mailed to Permissions, Harvard Business School Publishing, 60 Harvard Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02163.

    The web addresses referenced in this book were live and correct at the time of the book’s publication but may be subject to change.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Managing up.

           pages cm. — (20-minute manager series)

       ISBN 978-1-62527-084-9 (alk. paper)

       1. Managing your boss. 2. Management.

       HF5548.83.M362 2014

       650.1'3—dc23

    2013039033

    ISBN: 978-1-62527-090-0 (ebook)

    Preview

    Nurturing a productive, mutually beneficial relationship with your manager starts with you, the direct report. That may seem daunting, but the art of managing up is one you can learn. This book walks you through the basics:

    • Understanding your manager’s priorities and pressures.

    • Communicating your own needs and goals clearly and diplomatically.

    • Building on common ground.

    • Setting a positive tone for the relationship.

    • Managing your boss’s expectations—and your own.

    • Navigating negotiations and disagreements.

    • Strengthening your connection over time.

    • Assessing the relationship and making adjustments.

    Contents

    What Is Managing Up?

    What managing up involves

    Why managing up is useful

    Knowing Your Manager—and Yourself

    Roles

    Strengths and weaknesses

    Work styles

    Motivators

    Managing Expectations

    Know what your manager expects

    Set your own expectations

    Understand the limits of managing up

    Communicating with Your

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