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freejack | 11 years ago

There's a management view that one should never try to manage their manager's performance. I agree and you've offered good advice ;-)

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seestheday|11 years ago

My opinion is that you should never try to obviously and directly manage your manager like this, but I am a strong advocate of "managing up".

It's much more subtle, and it can work wonders for your career.

freejack|11 years ago

Do you make a distinction between "managing up" and "managing expectations"? I've always chosen to do the latter and view it as the same as "managing up" and your comment makes me realize that this might not be the only perspective.