Why is Managing Up Important in organizations?

This week’s theory discussed four tactics that enables followers to overcome the authority-based relationship and develop an effective, respectful relationship with their leaders.

Write a 2 page paper.

Address the following in your paper:

How can you be a resource for your leader
How can you help the leader be a good leader
How can you build a relationship with the leader
How can you view the leader realistically
What strategy would you use to “Manage Up”?

Include a title page and 3-5 references. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other reference must be from the Grantham University online library. Please adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), (6th ed. 2nd printing) when writing and submitting assignments and papers.

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Leadership is like a chess match, every decision made influences the next decision. Many leaders have failed because they did not realize the implications of their decisions. Many a times, leaders battle long and hard to achieve their set goal, but give up 90% on the way, not realizing that they were only 10% away from attaining it. It is due to such scenarios that leaders need advisors, and strong advisors for that matter…

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