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How Well Do You Manage Up? A Challenge and Other Tools (Video)

by | May 26, 2014 | By Karin Hurt, Career & Learning |

Get Better at Managing Up: Overcoming an Imperfect Boss

The conversation about Imperfect Bosses continues. Today, I’m excited to bring you several additional resources for managing up, including a free knowledge assessment. And an interview on how to avoid diminisher behaviors in my Multiplier of the Year Award interview from the Wiseman Group.

I hope you will share this with anyone having a challenging relationship with their boss.

Overcoming An Imperfect Boss Credspark Challenge:

How well do you manage up? How are you handling a difficult boss? Why does it all matter?

The most useful part is clicking on the learn more links at the end to take you to additional free resources for managing up. Let me know what you think and please pass it along. I want to help as many people as possible.

Managing Up in Tricky Situation: How to deal with an accidental diminisher boss

And for those who just like to read, check out my 4 Needed Shifts in the Traditional Boss Subordinate Relationship:

From Mystery To Transparency: Your team will follow your lead. If you won’t share what’s on your heart and mind neither will they. You’re wasting valuable time with all that guessing. Take some risks and let your team in. Share more of the bigger picture than feels “safe.” There’s no better way to get people to trust you, than to trust them. Click here to read more.

And Wally Bock – learning about writing a book from Overcoming An Imperfect Boss:

Karin Hurt is a newly minted entrepreneur. She wrote Overcoming an Imperfect Boss because “I wanted to be able to have something tangible to weave into the PR of the launch of my new company.” If you’re thinking about writing a book, you can learn a lot from what Karin did right. You may read more here.

Winning Well: A Manager's Guide to Getting Results- Without Losing Your Soul2021 Update

Download a Free Sample Chapter of Winning Well (which is our newer book that includes content from Overcoming an Imperfect Boss)

Or learn about our latest research on Courage and Psychological Safety at Work.

Want more human-centered leaders in the workplace? Share this today!

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9 Comments
  1. Alex Sandro Alves Miranda

    Evening!

    Karin,
    Excellent interview. I am learned so much with yours articles. Congralations and have you very success yet.

    Regards,
    Alex Sandro Alves Miranda

    Reply
    • Karin Hurt

      Alex, thanks so very much. I appreciate your suppor and your comments.

      Reply
  2. LaRae Quy

    Love the interview, Karin!

    I’m really impressed by the way you’re handing the PR of your company…excellent all way around!

    Reply
    • Karin Hurt

      Thanks, LaRae.

      It has been so much fun!

      Reply
  3. Alli Polin

    I’m learning a lot from you, Karin and love the value that you’re adding along the way!

    Reply
    • Karin Hurt

      Thanks, Alli. I’m really excited about the launch of our ebook on “How Parents Can Inspire Leadership in Young Children.”

      Reply
  4. Terri Klass

    Proud of you, Karin and you are doing an outstanding job with all of your interviews!

    Reply
    • Karin Hurt

      Thanks, Terri. It’s been so much fun!

      Reply
  5. Chery Gegelman

    Love the video Karin! And your point that we can learn from watching others, but we must be authentically ourselves at the same time.

    Reply

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Karin Hurt

Karin Hurt helps human-centered leaders find clarity in uncertainty, drive innovation, and achieve breakthrough results.  She’s the founder and CEO of Let’s Grow Leaders, an international leadership development and training firm known for practical tools and leadership development programs that stick. She’s the award-winning author of four books including Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates and Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict, and hosts the popular Asking For a Friend Vlog on LinkedIn. A former Verizon Wireless executive, Karin was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers. Karin and her husband and business partner, David Dye, are committed to their philanthropic initiative, Winning Wells – building clean water wells for the people of Cambodia.

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