Managing Up: 59 Ways to Build a Career-Advancing Relationship with Your Boss - Softcover

Dobson, Michael Singer; Dobson, Deborah Singer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814470424 ISBN 13: 9780814470428

Publisher: Amacom Books, 2013

Synopsis

The key to moving up? Managing Up! For readers seeking a surefire career-booster or simply looking to improve their relationship with their boss, this is a welcome guide written specifically to provide them with the skills needed to build a productive, mutually beneficial relationship with their boss. With the inspiring collection of ideas, strategies, and tactics found in Managing Up!, readers will learn to: * Enhance their relationship with their supervisor in a constructive and effective manner * Accurately read their boss's likes and dislikes * Provide the kind of support that helps their boss succeed * Make sure they're in tune with their boss's goals * Build mentoring and networking relationships throughout the organization * Handle criticism, deal with problem bosses, and more.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Dobson is an author, consultant, and popular seminar leader in project management, communications, and personal success. Deborah S. Dobson, M.Ed., is vice president for human resources for GATX Terminals Corporation in Chicago. An expert in organizational development and management effectiveness, she has consulted for numerous Fortune 500 companies. The Dobsons live in Chicago.

Review:

“I like the idea of managing your boss because it changes the power equation: Employees often feel helpless in the face of overwhelming authority of the people they report to. To me, what Dobson really is talking about is a way to achieve mutual respect”

--Carol Kleinman, On the Job nationally syndicated columnist

About this edition

• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0814470424
• ISBN 13: 9780814470428
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 251