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Ep 07 | Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Manage Up?
Season 2, Episode 7: Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Manage Up at Work?
Episode Description
We’ve all seen it—or done it. The awkward compliment. The carefully crafted update. The subtle self-promotion. But where’s the line between managing up and straight-up sucking up?
In this episode of Why Does It Feel So Wrong to Be Human at Work?, hosts Pinaki Kathiari and Chris Lee unpack the complicated world of influencing your boss. Managing up can be smart and strategic—or manipulative and maddening. So how do we make sense of it?
Together, they explore:
Why managing up gets a bad rap (hello…
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