How to rethink managing up
The relationship with your boss matters; in healthcare, everyone has big work to do, and we need to know how to bring out the best in each other. If you’re thinking about how you can build your ‘manage up’ skills - this is the episode for you.
Summary
What’s your take on managing up? What does it mean to you and what are the drivers for you to ask how to do it? The first step to managing up is working out what it means for you. There are a lot of different perspectives when you start to look around.
This episode explores some key ideas for the leader in healthcare when they are looking at their relationship with their boss. From communication to listening, to how to get the best from each other along with what managing up isn’t - and why that is crucial in healthcare. Ending with the most magical advice I was given that shifts the perspective and makes the next steps you need to take obvious.
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