01 What is upward management?
In the concept of many people in the workplace, management is from top to bottom, and the boss manages employees is justified. However, facts have proved that only employees who are good at achieving good results, establishing communication with their leaders, and enhancing their sense of trust and mutual accomplishment, It is easier to get the appreciation of the boss.
In short, don't overestimate your boss and don't underestimate yourself.
02 Two kinds of knowledge that need to be established for upward management
1. Subordinate relationship
Many people think that the leader is the master of his own life and death People with power will keep their leaders away in private. In fact, the leadership is not as terrible as you think, and the separation from the leadership will only make your career tepid. A normal and healthy relationship between superiors and subordinates is mutual respect and trust. When you believe in the leader wholeheartedly, you will naturally stand on an equal communication angle and let him have a deeper understanding of you.
2. Get to know your boss
Leaders are also ordinary people, and they also have emotions and desires. If you want to manage upward, you must first understand what kind of personality your leader is, so that you can prescribe the right medicine and not touch it by mistake. The bottom line of leadership is to build good relationships.
03 3 steps to upward management
1. Obtaining trust
The first step in upward management is to obtain leadership. Trust, a person who does things honestly and reliably, the leader will naturally be willing to cooperate. Communicate with your leader more and let him know what you really think in your heart and what you are.
2. Get Opportunities
Be good at seizing opportunities, and you must constantly improve your core values and develop in an all-round way, so that you can be firmly in your hands when opportunities come and let your leaders notice you.
3. Show yourself
Learn to show your value at the right time, instead of working hard, let the leader know your ability and work progress through reporting, and let him fully understand your value to the company.
04 Upward management 4 items Note
1. Choose the right reporting time
When reporting work, choose the right time, remember 3 Don't principle: Don't report when the leader is upset, don't report private tasks in public relations, don't report before the project has no progress.
2.Choose the correct reporting method
Choose different reporting methods according to the situation of the project, there are three common reporting methods:
(1) Telephone report: Urgent and Things that require leaders to make decisions.
(2) WeChat report: is not a very urgent event. If the leader is inconvenient to answer the phone, and it is inconvenient to report in person, you can send information for the leader to make decisions, and then it is convenient for the leader Call reminder at time.
(3) Face-to-face report: The content of the report is more complicated, and both parties need to discuss the details.
3. Choose the correct reporting step
(1) State the facts:
and report when the leadership reports work The quality of a project will directly affect the progress of a project and your career promotion. When reporting, you must be objective and truthful, seek truth from facts, and let the leader know what we are doing now and what achievements have been made, so that the leader can know us Workload.
(2) Inductive consultation:
After we state the facts, we can summarize and summarize important work. If there are doubts and uncertainties, we can confirm with the leader to let the leader know that we are facing On the one hand, it is the respect for the leadership’s decision. On the other hand, it can also avoid taking responsibility when there are problems later, because the leader has already made a pre-judgment in advance.
(3) Summary experience:
After we report and execute, we must summarize our experience so that we can gain and grow every time we work, and let the leaders see our Subordinates who change and are good at thinking and reviewing are more likely to gain the trust of the leader.
4. Choose the correct reporting style
When reporting, we must be streamlined, not like the old lady’s footwear, which is smelly, long, and has no focus. The concise reporting style will make the leader grasp the key points and prefer to listen to what you are saying.
05 5 major steps for reporting
(1) Fully prepared
Reporting only accounts for 20% of an employee’s total work , But this 20% report determines 80% of your work efficiency and work results. Therefore, you must be adequately prepared before reporting, which can also leave a good impression on the leader.
(2) Presenting results
When reporting work, you must have certain results, rather than asking the leader for everything. Let the leader have a choice instead of asking the leader's opinions entirely. This will only make the leader feel that you have no opinion.
(3) Responding to changes
When leaders raise questions, there must be corresponding improvement suggestions and response measures. Respond to current changes at any time and have the ability to deal with risks.
(4) Get guidance
After the report, the leader will give corresponding suggestions. What we have to do at this time is to actively respond to the implementation, improve according to the leader’s guidance, achieve good results and give corresponding feedback of.
(5) Reach a consensus
At any time, we must maintain a high degree of consistency with the leader's goal to avoid deviation from the goal caused by deviation. Therefore, communicate more with the leader, feedback the progress in time, and achieve a win-win situation.
Summary:
In the workplace, excellent subordinates are not accustomed to being managed by the leader, but should communicate with their superiors, give full play to their own advantages, and increase mutual understanding influences,Then manage upwards to achieve a win-win situation. If you can use this skill well, managers can achieve good teamwork with employees, avoid unknown hidden dangers caused by information delays, make work more efficient, and achieve a leap in self-worth.
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