strategies for cultivating effective supervisor relationships
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Managing Up Strategies for Cultivating Effective
Supervisor RelationshipsMichelle Armstrong
Head of Data Management and Scholarly CommunicationsAlbertsons Library – Boise State University
[email protected]://works.bepress.com/michelle_armstrong/
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The Issue
Why is the supervisor - employee r elationship so challenging?
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There is a power differential in the supervisor-employee relationship.
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People are miserable when the supervisor-employee relationship is dysfunctional.
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There is limited discussion and research around the topic of managing up.
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“A few realities
about leading that we don’t usually
talk about.
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Your boss has a boss.In most cases, supervisors are also employees and deal with the same kind of
pressures of being an employee that you do.
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Your boss is a human being and has human emotions and flaws.Supervisors are just as susceptible to things like insecur ity, making mistakes, and
being preoccupied with problems outside of work.
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You and your boss have different perspectives.
Your focus may be on your performance and place within the organizat ion, while your supervisor ’s focus is on the organization and the resources it needs to function.
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Your boss may know everything about your job or nothing about your job.
A supervisor ’s professional background will influence how they interact with you.
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Your boss is not a mind reader.
It can be difficult to communicate with your supervisor for a var iety of reasons, which can be frustrating for you, but it can also leave them with an information gap.
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How does managing up help?
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How does managing up help?
◈ Managing up changes your exper ience within the or ganization.
◈ M anaging up incr eases your self- efficacy and psychological capital.
◈ M anaging up helps change the or ganization itself.
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“Employees with high psychological capital
performed better at their job. ~ Avey, et al. (2011)
“High-quality supervisor-employee relationships are positively correlated with
employee job satisfaction.” ~ Stringer (2006)
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How do you manage up?
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Build trust
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Learn about your supervisor’s leadership and management style
◈ What is their professional background? Training? Expert ise?◈ Ar e ther e r ace, gender , age or other demogr aphic factor s that influence their management
style?◈ W hat’s their communication style like? E mail, meetings (str uctur ed or infor mal?),
inter per sonal communication?◈ W hat per for mance factor s do they car e about? C ustomer ser vice, high number s, employee
satisfaction, completing tasks/ goals, etc.?◈ Do they have an agenda?◈ W hat ar e their str engths? W eaknesses?◈ H ow do they deal with str ess? Set backs? C onflict?◈ W ho do they influence? W hat’s their position in the lar ger or ganization? H ow do other s get
along with them?◈ H ow do they get along with their super visor ?
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Care and learn about your organization
◈ What is the organizat ional hierarchy of your library? Can you find an up- to- date or g char t listing all the people and their positions?
◈ W hat is the lar ger or ganization str uctur e that your libr ar y is a par t of?
◈ Ar e ther e guiding documents that pr ovide a lar ger vision and pictur e for your libr ar y?
◈ W hat other gr oups or depar tments does my libr ar y wor k dir ectly with and why?
◈ Ar e ther e inter nal and exter nal oppor tunities available to my or ganization?
◈ W hat is my libr ar y’s budget, how is it or ganized, and who manages or contr ols that budget?
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Make things easier.
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Check your
attitude.
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Don’t try to game the system.
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Manage yourself
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Use your words wisely!
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Success
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Improve your own manager ial per for mance.
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Become your own best advocate
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Care about and develop your career plan.
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Think strategically to solve problems.
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Be smart about
unethical, illegal,
dangerous, or mean behavior.
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Any questions?
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In conclusion…
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