The leader as follower

August 25th, 2009. Filed under: Blog.

I was discussing with one of my clients during the week that one of the important reasons for managing up is to personally experience its merits.  To truly understand what it is like for a direct report to manage up, the manager needs to be using the same process for themselves with their own manager. Only then will they begin to appreciate how difficult or confronting the task can be and also how rewarding and beneficial.
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