How to Manage Up at Work: The Workplace Skill Nobody Teaches Gen Z

Did you know that part of your job is managing your manager? If you’re early in your career, in all likelihood, nobody told you this explicitly. Today, we're making this invisible expectation visible.

In this episode, you'll learn: what "managing up" actually means (and what it's NOT) and why this expectation is invisible to early-career professionals. 

Yaa-Hemaa offers three frameworks you can use starting tomorrow: 1) The Proactive Status Update, 2) Solutions Not Problems, and 3) Understanding Your Manager's World. Yaa-Hemaa will also show you some useful scenarios that show what this all looks like in action. 

For Gen Z: Managing up shouldn’t be viewed as manipulative; it's strategic communication that serves you in every job. It’s also how you build relationships and gain clarity at work.

For Managers: Members of your team who are early in their careers aren’t “difficult”  when they don't manage up naturally. They're operating in the dark because this expectation hasn’t been modelled to them. 

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About Handled by The Y Variable

Where workplace friction gets translated and transformed.

Each week, Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah (founder of The Y Variable) offers insightful, human-centred leadership conversations that help to bridge the generational gap at work. You’ll come away with guidance that helps managers and Gen Z work better together, with practical frameworks that can be used immediately. 

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