Avoid The Pitfalls That Keep Your Employees From Managing Up To You

The traditional view of management is that managers lead down to their employees. Today’s best managers know that effective management goes both ways: down to employees, and up from employees to managers. Help your employees manage up to you by avoiding the four most common things that prevent upward management. Employees have been conditioned to take orders and not provide instructions to their manager. Employees are often fearful that there will be negative consequences if they manage up to their boss. Employees may fear that bosses will judge them unfairly. Lastly, employees often feel that their boss’ ego will prevent him or her from listening to employee suggestions and advice.

Source: Antonioni, D. 2008, January/February. Lead your manager. Industrial Management, 19-22.