Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss

by Mary Abbajay

Managing up is about you taking charge of your workplace experience.

Never waste the opportunity to learn from a difficult boss.

Being authentic does not mean you have to follow your every impulse or express every thought. It's about being in full choice about your actions.

Appreciate the opportunity, embrace the challenge Yes, you heard me. Embrace and appreciate. Why? Because you will learn and grow more from a difficult boss than you ever will from a great or easy boss. A difficult boss will challenge you in more ways than you can imagine.

You will learn strategies to navigate other difficult people in your life, including coworkers, neighbors, friends, relatives, and yes, even significant others. But the most important thing you will learn is what kind of leader you want to be when it is your turn. Nearly everyone interviewed for this book said their best leadership teacher was their worst boss. The experience may