Leading Up : Leadership Quality
- Topics:
- Business Ethics
- Tags:
- Leadership,
- Management
- Source:
- Knowledge@Wharton
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Overview: Upward leadership is about taking charge when managers are not formally in charge. Rather than undermining authority or seizing power from superiors, upward leadership means stepping in when senior managers need help and support in ways that benefits everyone. Leading up is a matter of offering a boss strategic insights or persuading a superior to alter directions before it is too late. It requires an ability to work in two directions at once, of stepping into the breach when nobody above a person is doing so and of listening to those below him when they have much to offer him. Downward leadership and upward leadership reinforce one another. If one is effective at the former, it will encourage the latter; if one is adept at the latter, it can inspire the former.
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Format: HTML | Date: Feb 2002 | Pages: 1
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