Managing Up: The Art of Managing Your Boss August 24, 2010

"If you want great employee, you have to give them a great Manager".

Every business person is a manager (even if it's about managing your boss). Becoming an advocate on behalf of each business stakeholder allows employees to feel supported, customers to get their needs met and the overall business to thrive.
Managing Up means focusing on the relationship with your boss to obtain the best results for you, your boss and your organization.

Understand what it means to manage up and why it is important
Diagnose your manager's work style and your own work style
Develop strategies for managing your manager

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Listen, communicate and manage more effectively
Elicit higher productivity from co-workers and boss
Manage up more effectively.

The golden rule. "Do unto others in the style they would prefer to be done unto."
- This goes for communication as well.

Agenda:

Adjusting communication to motivate and influence each boss' style
Allowing and encouraging self-management
Understanding why managing up is so critical to your job
Learning to get what you want from your boss

Value to participants:

The ability to create an empowered team that is active, takes ownership and self manages
A deeper understanding of managing and communicating
Improved ability to manage, influence and motivate your boss, your clients and teammates

Value to business:

An engaged corporate culture that breeds productivity
Improved communication at all levels of management
Customized training that uses real-life examples and scenarios from your business

Who Should Attend:

Executive Assistants

Managers and Supervisors Coordinators

Mid Level Managers

New Managers & Professionals

"This program will really help me understand my boss"
Jenny C - Sony Entertainment

Official Website: http://paragonstrategies.com/