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4 ways to "manage up"

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If you work for a software company, for example, it doesn’t make much sense to propose buying a chicken farm. Reflective assertive leaders deliberate, but they keep people in the loop as they gather information, consider variables and respect timelines.” Once you’re seen as credible, then use that to take action, he says.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Are You Stuck in Gender.

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Usheroff, in a book with Beth Banks Cohn called “Taking the Leap,” ($14.99), says that a woman, for example, may become caught in the “superwoman trap” when she doesn’t create clear boundaries and tries to do everything herself. In the book they give several examples of communication errors, and how women and men can improve.