HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across (HBR Guide Series)

by Harvard Business Publishing

Learn his feelings about what’s important in management—such as careful planning, decisiveness, building consensus— and make sure you develop and display those qualities.

Drive your own growth. Seek perpetual education and development—not necessarily by going to school but by finding exposure to new people and ideas. Seek feedback from your boss, and accept demanding assignments.

You know that you should never bring a problem to your boss without a proposed solution.