Comments on: Managing Up – Developing an Effective Relationship With Your Manager http://www.hrbuoy.com/managing-up-developing-an-effective-relationship-with-your-manager/ Having Fun with HR & Recruiting Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:44:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Trish McFarlane http://www.hrbuoy.com/managing-up-developing-an-effective-relationship-with-your-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Trish McFarlane Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:17:12 +0000 http://www.hrbuoy.com/?p=199#comment-12 I agree that managing up is an important skill and I think you outline great ways an employee can do it in a way to build the relationship. I will say that managers should not expect their staff to "manage up" as a replacement for the manager taking responsibility and ownership. This can be an unfortunate bi-product if done too much. I've seen it go both ways in my career. So, the tip I would add is that managers still need to realize that their most important role is to manage DOWN. If everyone is on the same page and there is management up and down, the relationship will be strong. If it is one-sided either way, it will not be very successful. Great topic. I agree that managing up is an important skill and I think you outline great ways an employee can do it in a way to build the relationship. I will say that managers should not expect their staff to “manage up” as a replacement for the manager taking responsibility and ownership. This can be an unfortunate bi-product if done too much. I’ve seen it go both ways in my career. So, the tip I would add is that managers still need to realize that their most important role is to manage DOWN.

If everyone is on the same page and there is management up and down, the relationship will be strong. If it is one-sided either way, it will not be very successful. Great topic.

]]> By: Ben Eubanks http://www.hrbuoy.com/managing-up-developing-an-effective-relationship-with-your-manager/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Ben Eubanks Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:06:17 +0000 http://www.hrbuoy.com/?p=199#comment-11 Fantastic post. I love reading about managing up, because it's still quite applicable to me as a young HR pro. :-) Fantastic post. I love reading about managing up, because it’s still quite applicable to me as a young HR pro. :-)

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