This course is designed for Managers, Leads, Assistant Directors, Directors and other in similar positions to increase knowledge on meeting expectations and managing up.
Leader-employee relationships are frequently characterized by distrust, miscommunication, and mutual dissatisfaction. A good relationship with your boss, however, is essential if you want to achieve optimal success in your role. Managing Up program offers principles, practices, and tools to help you build effective relationships with senior leaders and administrators in our university. You will learn how to build trust, work through conflict, and increase your power and influence on the job. Your learning will be enhanced by discussion, realistic case studies, and targeted skill practice. This program will provide the mindsets and behaviors that can help you move forward in positive and productive ways.
Managing Up offers principles, practices, and tools to help you build productive relationships with your bosses and increase your power and influence with them. Specifically, you will learn how to:
Build trust with powerful people
Clarify your boss’s expectations for you
Give and receive actionable feedback
Establish appropriate boundaries
Provide briefings that enhance communication and performance
When
December 5, 2018
Where
Rhododendron Room - Mountainlair
Time
8:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.