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What Is Managing Up?
W
hen you ask a friend how her job is go-
ing, she says, “Once I started managing
up, things got a lot better.” You cringe,
thinking “managing up” smacks of political ma-
neuvering, cozying up to the boss, or even outright
manipulation.
Fortunately, when it’s done right, managing up
isn’t any of those things. It can be a delicate business,
no doubt. But it needn’t involve ...