Leading From The Middle

Make your work legible to leaders who decide.

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Managing up is the skill of translating your work into decision-ready signals for the leaders above you. When it breaks down, it is rarely a confidence problem. It is usually an expectations and legibility problem. This map helps you clarify what your leader needs, what you are responsible for, and how to communicate in a way the system can actually hear.

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Let’s create something meaningful together.

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