Managing up : how to move up, win at work, and succeed with any type of boss / Mary Abbajay

By:

Abbajay, Mary [author]

Publication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.Description: xvi, 208 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781119436683

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 650.13 Ab19M

Contents:

Stop complaining and start Wwnning -- managing ip is the key to your success -- Is your boss an innie or outie? -- The innie -- The outie -- Workplace styles -- assessing your boss's workstyle personality -- The energizer -- The advancer -- The harmonizer -- The evaluator -- Difficult bosses -- The micromanager -- The hands-off, absentee, ghost boss -- The narcissist -- The impulsive boss -- The pushover -- The BFF boss -- The workaholic -- The incompetent -- The nitpickers and seagulls -- The truly terrible -- psycho crazy bully tyrannical screaming egomaniacs -- It's okay to quit -- Bonus tips-50 ways to manage your manager.

Summary: Managing Up is your guide to the most valuable 'soft skill' your career has ever seen. It's not about sucking up or brown-nosing; it's about figuring out who you are, who your boss is, and finding where you meet. It's about building real relationships with people who have influence over your career. Managing up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for the organization as a whole. This book gives you strategies for developing these all-important connections and building more than rapport; you become able to quickly assess situations, and determine which actions will move you forward; you become your own talent manager, and your boss's top choice for that new opportunity. As a skill, managing up can do more for your career than simply 'networking' ever couldand this book shows you how.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library and Documentation Division PGRRL	650.13 Ab19M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		112865

Includes index.

Stop complaining and start Wwnning --
managing ip is the key to your success --
Is your boss an innie or outie? --
The innie --
The outie --
Workplace styles --
assessing your boss's workstyle personality --
The energizer --
The advancer --
The harmonizer --
The evaluator --
Difficult bosses --
The micromanager --
The hands-off, absentee, ghost boss --
The narcissist --
The impulsive boss --
The pushover --
The BFF boss --
The workaholic --
The incompetent --
The nitpickers and seagulls --
The truly terrible --
psycho crazy bully tyrannical screaming egomaniacs --
It's okay to quit --
Bonus tips-50 ways to manage your manager.

Managing Up is your guide to the most valuable 'soft skill' your career has ever seen. It's not about sucking up or brown-nosing; it's about figuring out who you are, who your boss is, and finding where you meet. It's about building real relationships with people who have influence over your career. Managing up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for the organization as a whole. This book gives you strategies for developing these all-important connections and building more than rapport; you become able to quickly assess situations, and determine which actions will move you forward; you become your own talent manager, and your boss's top choice for that new opportunity. As a skill, managing up can do more for your career than simply 'networking' ever couldand this book shows you how.

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