Managing Up: Build Effective Relationships With Your Boss

Learn how to build successful, effective relationships with your manager, skip level, and senior peers. This class contains a systematic, focused process for Managing Up successfully. It covers how to manage up in a variety of situations and to different people such as senior peers and skip level leaders. Managing up is not just about getting recognition for one's work, but rather about investing in the relationship and understanding what the other person likes and dislikes, just as one would with friends or family. Building a good relationship with your boss will make everything else easier, including handling conflicts and opportunities. **Your manager relationship is the single most important relationship you have at work; make it count**! ### Key Skills Covered Working Well With Your Boss - Understanding Your Boss - Effective Communication Handling Tricky Situations - Problem Solving and Decision Making - Conflict Resolution - Giving Upward Feedback - Managing Expectations Driving Your Professional Development - Ask for Career Support - Earn and Get Investment From Leaders Peers, Skip Levels, and Politics - Peers and Skip Levels - Politics and Ethics - Enabling People to Manage Up to You