Manage Up with Your Mentor’s Guidance
by Jeanne C. Meister
Your mentors can help you build better relationships with your boss and colleagues. How? Jeanne Meister, an expert in workplace learning and development, recently shared her ideas in an IdeaCast interview with Susan Francis from HBR. Here are some highlights.
What kind of support can mentors offer as you’re trying to manage up?
Mentors can help you navigate your company’s political landscape and introduce you to key people so you can branch out. And they’ll get you thinking like a senior executive long before you’re anointed as a member of the upper ranks—which will prepare you for that metamorphosis. One of my first mentors shared this valuable advice with me: Know who the thought leaders ...
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