In Managing Up!, we take the stance that not only is it possible, but it is necessary, to develop the skillset to effectively ‘manage’ your manager and to learn how to, as one author puts it, ‘lead without authority’. In Managing Up!, we will not be attempting to be clones of Machiavelli, but we will be learning fundamental strategies and acquiring the mindset required to create a work relationship based on partnership:- create an environment where meaningful feedback is both given and received; – fully inhabit the role we were hired to do – within the requisite degrees of freedom and, – fully support our managers in a way that allows them to operate at the right level and to be confident to really delegate pivotal tasks and responsibilities.