Different strategies for different bosses.

Here are 5 not-so-often-shared ways to manage up – whether you're an individual contibutor or executive – and have a better relationship with your boss.

How to set boundaries with your boss, give them feedback, disagree, and balance your needs with theirs.

Start by understanding your manager.

Lessons from an Obama White House staffer.

Find common ground.

Is your boss commitment-phobic?

If you forge ties with your boss based on mutual respect and understanding, both of you will be more effective.

These five tips will help you set healthy boundaries so you can work smarter, avoid burnout and regain control of your career.

Good one-on-one meetings between managers and their direct reports address the practical and personal needs of the employee, benefitting their performance, growth, and well-being, as well as the success of their team and the broader organization. However, since managers are typically the ones who run these meetings, the employee’s needs are often forgotten. Then it’s up to the employee to ask questions to get the attention they need. The authors’ research points to twenty-eight questions that can drive the best conversations.

Managing other people's reactions to your trauma is exhausting; enlisting someone else to update folks your behalf is a small act of self-care, and an easy way to take people up on their “let me know if you need anything” offers.

A leader learns how to move from managing individual contributors to managing other managers.

As of this August, I’ve been a people manager at Pivotal for four years. I reflected on my time in this role, and wrote down some thoughts…

Five ways to close the gap — without crushing their spirit.

How can you manage an underperforming team as a new leader? Here are a few ideas to help design your approach to transforming your team into superstars.

We don't consider this enough as a first-time manager. Here are 6 critical questions to reflect on when considering if you should become a manager or not.

Have you ever been promoted for excelling at something, only to find your performance suddenly faltering? This was the case for Sana after her promotion to a role as a senior manager responsible for managers rather than directly overseeing a team. There are substantive differences in how you manage individual contributors and how you manage … Continued

First, figure out what is driving their negative behavior.

In today's Sunday Soother advicecast, Catherine is taking a question from a reader who wants to be a good manager but isn't quite sure where to start.The Sunday Soother Advicecast is a spin-off the popular newsletter, The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that helps reader access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews. Submit your questions anonymously at this link; email your question to Catherine here; or leave a voicemail with your question at (202) 525-6558.Resources mentioned in this...

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