Is there a way to manage a manager? This might be a valid question but “Managing your boss” sounds devious, right? It sounds like a team is up to brewing a heckler’s game of manipulation to topple down a boss.
Hold that thought and be still, because no, managing a boss or a manager needs not to be understood that way, and yes, there are studies and management recommendations which talk about the appropriate ways of dealing with managers.
If you are working below and down the line, there’s a way of overseeing the upper line without batting an eye, which means you do not have to move up the higher line to manage your manager. John Kotter and John Gabarro, Harvard professors and experts on management disclosed some truth about managers: They have desires to be managed by their direct reports or the team they keep, as much as they seek to find effective ways of managing the team. Why? Because they too, are human being with the same need as everyone else aside from being tasked with managing projects and people. They are the same people who would appreciate compliment rather than complain from among their direct reports. To manage them without having to feel threatened by their authority is an accomplishment
Let’s go closer to home by looking at Filipino author Ernesto Franco’s framework: The 5 general style of Filipino managers: * Manager by “Kayod”. “kayod” is a term which refers to “hard work” or “sweating out” to achieve goals or produce something. This kind of manager tends to be action-hungry, has strong or strict working ethics and usually refuses any kind or form of bribery. Priority-oriented with a strong inclination to gut feeling, this kind of manager seeks for optimum and maximum performance from their subordinates and has gift for identifying and utilizing people and resources to address problems in the workplace. Practical and pragmatic, he or she