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Nadia De Ala on Managing Up in a Hybrid Environment

28m · Lead Time Chats · 04 Oct 14:00

In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Nadia De Ala, Founder of Real You Leadership, about managing up in a hybrid work environment.

Nadia and Jean discuss:

  • What holds people back from managing up
  • Not limiting yourself to managing up - think about managing up, down, and all around
  • How to get around the fear or taking up space and advocating for yourself
  • Managing up with an absent or even toxic manager
  • Asking powerful open-ended questions to build a deeper relationship with your manager and teammates
  • How remote work can make managing up easier…or more difficult

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