managing-up
Audited by Runlayer on Feb 21, 2026
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Tool: SKILL.md [1/2] Description: --- name: managing-up description: Help users work effectively with their manager and executives. Use when someone is struggling with their manager relationship, needs to influence leadership, wants to get better at executive communication, or is trying to build trust with their boss.
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Tool: references/guest-insights.md [1/7] Description: # Managing Up - All Guest Insights *35 guests, 50 mentions* --- ## Alex Komoroske *Alex Komoroske* > "The underlying dynamic that must be true in any organization on a fundamental basis is you can't make your boss look dumb because if you do, they're the person who decides, 'Oh, this person's not performing,' or whatever.
Tool: references/guest-insights.md [2/7] Description: And when you talk to an exec about that story, you have to start with chapter one, which is what part of the company strategy are you working on?
Tool: references/guest-insights.md [3/7] Description: chart, put my name on the top, walked into my boss's office and said, 'This is one potential solve of your marketing organization question, is we'll bring product and marketing growth together. I can be in this position.
Tool: references/guest-insights.md [4/7] Description: way to do it is not this very time-intensive, cost-intensive way to inspect all these homes. The way to do it is to be much more granular in what we ask people when they upload their home and more checks in that.
Tool: references/guest-insights.md [5/7] Description: at the start for strategy and at the end for quality/polish, with autonomy in the middle. **Tactical advice:** - Involve founders early for strategic buy-in on goals and anti-goals.
Tool: references/guest-insights.md [6/7] Description: your boss, they're going to appreciate you much more, you're going to get more opportunities, you're going to have more trust with them, there's all these great things that happen when you decide to manage up." **Insight:** Managing your manager is a proactive career strategy that builds trust and opens up more opportunities than waiting to be managed.
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