Broadcasts.com - "Manage Up" (Life is Work)

Result: To understand the concept of managing up, which is essentially how to empower yourself to assert your own boundaries and needs, and how to use this tool to move the work forward.

Definition
- A process by which you empower yourself to assert your own boundaries and needs, vs. waiting for a supervisor or person in power to set your boundaries and needs for you. Choice + Action =managing yourself and the person who “manages” you.
Power Dynamics
Roles
Different Environments - what to do
- Formal supervisor
- Teammates/team leads
  - Learn your teammates style and preferences
    - You do not need to mold to fit their style and preferences, but you might need to adjust your expectations
  - Be clear about roles & expectations of all roles
- C-suite/Boards
  - Help them help you
    - Provide information to them to give context to work in a digestible, easy to understand way
Different team styles
- Formal hierarchy
- Collaborative team
- Virtual Workspaces

Questions

Best way to navigate an over bearing boss? Our team is very successful this year (top in the country) but I find our boss never takes the time to acknowledge our success and is constantly harping on us to do better. I know it’s bringing a lot of the team down (myself included) and has us questioning if our job is worth it. But everyone is too afraid to say anything to the boss. A little praise goes a long way and everyone deserves a pat on the back here and there. How do we make her realize this?
I have a boss who trusts his employees to perform optimally and behave appropriately without much direct intervention and hardly any explicit instructions or corrective actions. On one hand, this is great, because it means no micromanaging, but on the other hand, it's terrible because he won't address problems when employees don't conduct themselves as expected. I and others have voiced concerns to him about this, but it hasn't resulted in satisfactory action. What else can/should be done?

Mel’s Mindful Minute - walking meditation

We Are Always Students

Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Sharing is Self-Caring

Self-care - Start With You!

Self-care
- How am I feeling about this situation?
- What can I control?
- What’s out of my control?
Community-care - Taking Care of Others
- How is the team feeling?
- How can I support them?
Systemic/Structural-Care - The Wider Systems We Live & Work In
- Is this an isolated incident?
- Do other departments/groups work this way?
- Is overall leadership open to feedback/support?
  
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