How to Manage Your Manager
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Your manager has a huge influence on your working life.
Unfortunately, having “manager” in their job title doesn't automatically mean they're particularly good at managing people.
This guide is about working effectively with the manager you've actually got, not the imaginary perfect manager career advice usually assumes you have.
You'll learn how to:
work out what your manager actually wants from you
get clearer expectations and priorities
deal with a manager who doesn't communicate
get useful feedback
manage upwards without being manipulative
handle micromanagement
deal with constantly changing priorities
recognise when the relationship can be improved and when the problem is bigger than that
The aim isn't to teach you how to manipulate your boss. It's to give you more control over a working relationship that has an enormous effect on your career.
Written by Lee Harding, a Talent Acquisition leader with 20+ years' experience across hiring, recruitment and leadership.