Leadership Training - “One of the best ways to further your career”
How are your man management skills? Does change management faze you? Is organisational development within your grasp?
I consider managing up to be one of the most successful tactics for getting what you want from your boss – whether it be shorter working hours, more interesting projects, more responsibilities, even a pay rise.
Work with and around the corporate politics
Don’t confuse managing up with ‘sucking up’ to senior management. On the contrary, it is more about humanising the corporate environment. Making corporate politics work to your advantage.
Managing up will involve being attentive to your boss. And the payoff? Your boss will be more attentive to you.
Why leadership training?
My one to one business coaching or telephone sessions can equip you with all you need to know to manage vertically. It can assist you in the challenges of change management, help you make an impact in organizational development, fine tune your man management skills and put you right on track.
Areas explored in leadership training will include:
- Understanding what matters to your boss. Say he or she champions customer care, cloak all your results in terms of customer satisfaction.
- Saying ‘Yes’ to issues that are important to your boss and ‘No’ to anything else. Your boss will recognise that you are on the same page.
- Conveying information to your boss in his/her preferred channel – by email, report etc.
- Shouting your own successes – let your boss know each time you achieve something he/she cares about. How? Send an email praising your team and copy him/her in.
- Find niche responsibilities that need filling and do so before you’re asked. Your foresight will be appreciated as will your ability to multi-task. In a wider context you demonstrate that you are ‘organisational development ‘savvy’.
- Be interested. Ask intelligent questions. Read up on topics. If your boss feels that having you around enhances the team’s work and his/her own, well done – you’re managing up.
Using cutting edge techniques and applied psychology, my leadership training can help you recognise the need for forging a solid relationship with your boss, help you handle change management and corporate politics, and show you the tactics you can use to build bridges.
How are your man management skills?
How you interact with your boss is core to the success of your current role and will be central to your career development.
Active managing up – including understanding your boss’ work style and understanding his or her goals – can take you far. So can gaining an awareness of the corporate politics that may hamper your progress, and welcoming the challenges of change management.
Please contact me for more information on coaching in managing up now.
“After subtly working on managing up and man management skills I feel in a far stronger position and know my input is commercially and personally appreciated by my superior. I now play a part in organizational development and at last career-wide, I’m where I want to be.”