November 6, 2006 Speedlinking

I love reading about ways to manage up. It’s like knowing the secret behind a magic trick or how to solve a Rubik’s cube. To someone who doesn’t know how, it’s simply amazing to see. But, once you know the trick you can do it yourself over and over with ease.

• Black Belt Productivity has some great leadership tips about managing up, and about being willing to do what others won’t
• One from the archives of Joel Spolsky about Getting things done when you are only a grunt. While he is talking about IT and programming, it’s easy to see how his tips could help in any job.
• Brazen Careerist gives us 7 ways to manage up. She really drives home the need to communicate with your boss.
• Guy Kawasaki reviews “The No Asshole Rule” by Robert Sutton and gives a great list of ways to avoid being one and how to deal with them