Your Managing Up Guide
Managing up is optimising your relationship with your immediate manager for maximum productivity, and it's a key skill to have to accelerate your career growth. Explore our Community resources below to help you unlock this skill!
Blogs
| Title | Quote |
| Master the Art of Managing Up | by Multiverse Learning Team | "Everyone will inevitably face a difficult working relationship at some point in their career. Oftentimes this difficulty is simply down to personality or working styles, and if proper attention is given to successfully navigating the relationship, the difficulty is nearly always surmountable." |
| What I Learned From Managing Up | by Reshma Gayadeen | "My relationship with my new line manager improved vastly after I started managing up. I was able to shape our team meetings to a more effective format as team members provided different expertise that we were not cross-trained on." |
| 5 Steps to Managing Up Successfully |
"Managing up is an ongoing journey that requires continuous learning, adaptability, and open-mindedness. By managing up effectively, you can establish yourself as a valuable asset within your organisation and unlock your career potential!" |
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Crack the Code of Feedback & Self-Advocacy |
"Mastering how to give and receive feedback is often thought of as the ‘silver bullet’ for personal and professional development. As well as this, understanding the significance of feedback can enable you to manage upwards more effectively, resulting in greater collaboration and stronger communication with those around you." |
| Master Effective Communication with Your Manager | "Enhancing communication with your manager is a vital skill for professional growth. By understanding your own communication style and adapting to your manager's preferences, you can establish a productive and harmonious working relationship." |
| Optimising 1:1 Meetings with Your Manager | "1:1 meetings with your manager play a crucial role in fostering a productive and collaborative work environment. These meetings provide you with a valuable opportunity to ask questions, seek feedback, discuss goals, and share progress." |
Pro tip: Did you know that you can filter through all blogs relevant to each durable skill by selecting a filter? See all Managing Up-related articles here.
Event Recordings
| Title | Why should you watch? | Who is this for? |
| Managing Up: The Role of Your Manager | Delve into "managing up" and explore practical strategies for establishing clear expectations and boundaries to clearly define your working relationship with your managers | DBA, SWE, TC, and DM apprentices and all those who have been in their careers for less than 3 years. |
| Managing Up: Managing Your Manager | Explore the importance of managing upwards to improve your relationship with your manager to maximise productivity and help you excel in your career. | All career stages |
| Optimising Meetings With Your Manager: Mastering the 1:1 | Take control of your 1:1 meetings with your manager and maximise their productivity and value. | DBA, SWE, TC, and DM apprentices and all those who have been in their careers for less than 3 years. |
| Ask, Adjust, & Advocate |
Take ownership of your relationship with your manager, cultivate self-trust , and learn effective strategies to advocate for yourself |
This session is designed for those from BTF, DF, DL/ Data & Insights for Business Decisions, and ADF and we welcome all those who have been in their careers for at least 3 years. |
This blog was curated by the Multiverse Community Team.