357: How to Manage Up When Your Boss Is Not Giving You What You Need

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Send us Fan Mail Your boss is not a mind reader, and hoping they become a better manager is not a career development strategy. When your one-on-one meetings keep getting canceled, priorities change without warning, and the only feedback you receive comes after something goes wrong, it is easy to feel unsupported, frustrated, and resentful. But a disappointing boss cannot be the thing that dictates the direction of your career. In this episode of The Mid-Career GPS Podcast, I break down how to manage up with clarity, confidence, and self-respect. Managing up is an essential leadership and communication skill for mid-career professionals who want more direction, stronger feedback, greater visibility, and better opportunities for advancement. Managing up is not about flattering your boss, participating in office politics, or becoming responsible for your manager’s job. It is about building a more effective working relationship by understanding what your supervisor needs to make decisions, how they prefer to communicate, and what pressures influence their priorities. I share practical strategies you can use to take greater ownership of your side of the relationship. You will learn how