Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up

Acclaimed leader John Baldoni teaches ambitious managers how to get their ideas heard--and acted upon.

In Lead Your Boss, he provides business professionals with both a powerful new approach and timeless methods for influencing their bosses and their peers and earning rapport with senior leadership teams.

You'll how to leverage positive traits--like initiative, resilience, empathy, and courage--to manage up, and will explore proven strategies for:

• developing spheres of influence,
• handling tough issues,
• asserting yourself diplomatically,
• putting the team first,
• persuading up,
• establishing trust,
• sing organizational politics to everyone's advantage,
• and inspiring others throughout your organization.

Every manager on the move wants to have influence at the top. Featuring instructive stories based on real-life experiences from leaders at all levels, Lead Your Boss reveals effective, tactical advice for becoming a key player in any organization even before you reach the C-Suite.

Author: John Baldoni
Publisher: Amacom
Published: 10/14/2009
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780814439005

About the Author
Baldoni, John: -

JOHN BALDONI, president of Baldoni Consulting LLC, is an internationally recognized executive coach, speaker, and author. In 2011, Leadership Gurus International ranked John No. 11 on its list of the world's top 30 leadership experts. He is a regular online contributor to CBS MoneyWatch, Inc, and Harvard Business Review.

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