Managing Up means focusing on the relationship with your boss to obtain the best results for you, your boss and your organization.

• Understand what it means to manage up and why it is important
• Diagnose your manager’s work style and your own work style
• Develop strategies for managing your manager
  

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Listen, communicate and manage more effectively
• Elicit higher productivity from co-workers and boss
• Manage up  more effectively.
  
  The golden rule.  “Do unto others in the style they would prefer to be done unto.”
                                - This goes for communication as well.
  

Agenda:

• Adjusting communication to motivate and influence each boss' style
• Allowing and encouraging self-management
• Understanding why managing up is so critical to your job
• Learning to get what you want from your boss

Value to participants:

• The ability to create an  empowered team that is active, takes ownership and self manage
• A deeper understanding on managing and communicating
•  Improved ability to manage, influence and motivate  your boss, your clients and teammates

Value to business:

• An engaged corporate culture that breeds productivity
• Improved communication at all levels of management
• Customized training that uses real-life examples and scenarios from your business

Who Should Attend:

• Executive Assistants
  
• Managers and Supervisors Coordinators
  
• Mid Level Managers
  
• New Managers & Professionals
  

Length of Training Program:  Half-Day

Public Class: This class is being offered as a public class.

• Date: September 1 (Wednesday), 2010
  
• Time: 9:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
• Location: Paragon Strategies Offices; Financial District, San Francisco
• Investment: $267.00 .  Only $217.00 through August 20, 2010      Save $50