Managing Upwards Training Course

This course will enable you to improve the way you interact with people and get the best out of others in order to achieve the successful outcomes you want and the business needs. Your objectives and projects may rely on getting people on board who are more senior than you or who you have no direct authority. On this course, you will have the opportunity to plan some specific techniques and strategies you can use to increase your personal influence, build respect and communicate more assertively. You will leave with an action plan for increasing your confidence and influence in the situations you have identified as important.

Would you like to have a more mutually-beneficial relationship with your manager? Do you know what your manager needs and expects from you? Does your manager know what you need or expect from them? Would you like your manager to listen more carefully to – and respond positively to – your ideas and concerns about assignments, tasks, roles and responsibilities?

Develop a healthy and balanced view of the employee/employer relationship Gain a better understanding of what makes your manager tick Identify different communication styles that may help you to more effectively influence your manager Create a checklist for managing upwards and approach discussions with a win-win mindset