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This document discusses the importance of managing relationships with your boss, and how to adapt your communication style to your boss’s personality traits. It is a study guide on managing up with your boss.
What's inside
- Importance of managing your relationship with your boss
- Understanding your boss's personality traits
- Strategies for communicating with introvert and extrovert bosses
- Outcomes of managing up with your boss
Who it is for: Students of Business Management, Business Strategy, or Organizational Behavior. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Managing up is a skill for improving relationships with bosses. It helps employees understand their managers' personalities to enhance performance and motivation.
Importance of Managing Up
Managing up helps employees understand their bosses' personalities. This helps them to anticipate reactions and reduce stress. It also builds opportunities for better performance.
Personality Attributes of Bosses
Managers can be introverts or extroverts. Introverts prefer less frequent, structured communication. Extroverts want detailed, enthusiastic updates.
Strategies for Managing Up
Employees can use different strategies to manage up with introverted or extroverted bosses. These strategies help build positive relationships and improve performance.
Outcomes of Managing Up
Effective managing up can lead to promotions, better compensation, and improved motivation. It also helps employees develop leadership skills.
Key terms
- Managing up
- The practice of managing the relationship with one's boss to enhance motivation and performance.
- Introvert
- A person who prefers quiet, minimally stimulating environments and tends to be more reserved.
- Extrovert
- A person who is outgoing and thrives in stimulating environments.
- Interpersonal relationship
- The relationship between two people, in this case, the employee and the boss.
- Personality traits
- Characteristics that describe an individual's behaviour and attitudes.
- Motivation
- The desire to do things, the reason for doing something.
Questions this document helps with
- How can understanding your boss's personality help you perform better?
- What strategies can you use to manage up with an introverted boss?
- How does managing up affect your chances of promotion?
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