The unwritten rules of managing up : project management techniques from the trenches / Dana Brownlee, PMP.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brownlee, Dana, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Managing your boss.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

What do you do when the biggest threat to your project is your boss? It's not that your boss is out to get you. In fact, bosses generally mean well. But clueless leadership from a well-intentioned boss can sometimes cause more damage than a criminal mastermind tying your project to the railroad tracks. The Unwritten Rules of Managing Up provides refreshingly practical and candid insight into the best practices and techniques that project managers have successfully used for decades to manage a wide variety of senior-level stakeholders—ranging from perfectly competent and pleasant to downright dysfunctional and inept. While managing up is an incredibly valuable skill for virtually any type of boss (not just the difficult ones), the book includes recommendations for managing six particularly challenging—and common—types of senior leaders. They are the bombastic Tornado, who takes over meetings without realizing it; the Wishful Thinker, who regularly asks the impossible; the Clueless Chameleon, who can't quite decide what he or she really wants (but still holds you responsible for delivering it); the MIA Boss, who is just not around enough; the Meddlesome Micromanager, who hovers and insists you complete a task his or her way; and the Naked Emperor, who falls in love with his or her own crazy ideas. Brownlee also offers basic techniques to use with any boss, even a great one. This book is not just for professionals seeking to enhance their workplace effectiveness but also for senior leaders interested in addressing their blind spots and coaching others toward a more collaborative, results-focused leadership approach.

Contents:

Introduction

Defining the difficult boss

Defining managing up

Managing the tornado

Managing the wishful thinker

Managing the clueless chameleon

Managing the MIA boss

Managing the meddlesome micromanager

Managing the naked emperor

Managing up with any boss...even a great one!

How managers can help their staff manage up

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781523098200

1523098201

OCLC:

1084678484