Comments on: Managing Up? Use Caution.

By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:40:00 +0000

Concur with all points – well said, Sir.

Thanks Mike.

By: Mike Henry Sr.

Mike Henry Sr. — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:56:00 +0000

I like how you called it “doing your job.” I don’t like calling it managing up either. We earn the opportunity to influence how our leaders interact with and lead us by the quality of our job and by the purity of our motives. If we’re doing anything with our managers for our own benefit rather than for the good of the organization, we should expect detrimental career consequences.

By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:12:00 +0000

In reply to Dan Collins.

Actions over rhetoric – well said Sir. Thanks for your concise commentary – always a pleasure Dan.

By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:10:00 +0000

In reply to Ron. Hi Ron: Thanks for sharing your observations. I'll check out the blog you mentioned over the weekend. Always appreciate your insights Ron.

By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:07:00 +0000

In reply to Wally Bock.

Thanks Wally – You and I are like minded when it comes to not getting caught up in the burgeoning number of workplace distractions. Great reminder Wally…

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:38:00 +0000

Excellent points, Mike. My own thought is that anything that
takes your eye off the performance ball is probably not a good thing for you or
the team you’re a part of. That’s what you’re there to do.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:22:00 +0000

Mike,

I can’t argue with your ‘honor to whom honor is due’ stance. I also deplore game playing and subterfuge and appreciate your call for straight up behavior at all times. Still, moving on may not always be a viable option where loyalty is abused. As you’ve aptly said, ‘alas, it’s not a perfect world’. For such, I still believe there’s an honorable course – however difficult it may be to discern. After all, Obadiah was able to serve honestly in the court of King Ahab.

I commend you on a very thought provoking post. This one kept me up thinking. (I love it when something’s that challenging). I’d only offer, as counterpoint, a mainlinemedia blog I read recently called ‘I’m Not a Good Team Player … And That’s a Good Thing’.

Ron

By: Dan Collins

Dan Collins — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:48:00 +0000

“When the emphasis of your efforts shifts away from others and to
yourself you have placed yourself on a very slippery slope. If you want
to move up in the organization let it be the quality of your work that
catapults you upward.”

Hear, Hear Mike. – If any of us does our job well enough it doesn’t stay hidden for very long. Bottom line? Managing up, by it’s very nature assumes, that we should handle the perceptions those above us have of our capabilities rather than letting the actions, behaviors and results speak for themselves. It’s kind of like espousing and spinning our achievements and character rather than letting others speak of them. It seems to me that our actions should speak so loudly that others can’t hear what we say.