Webinar: Managing Up – Working Successfully With Any Type of Boss

*About the Webinar: This webinar is presented by SMPS Headquarters and hosted at a one specific location within the Greater Baltimore area. SMPS Maryland purchases the webinar from SMPS HQ and it is open to members and non-members. If you are unable to attend the webinar at our location then you can purchase the webinar directly from SMPS HQ at www.smps.org. The cost for the webinar is $199.00 for members and $259.00 for non-members.

Session Description

Our bosses have enormous influence over our ability to succeed, thrive, and advance in our organizations, careers, and leadership journey. Establishing strong, productive working relationships with those above us is the single most effective way to accelerate success in any organization. Whether you’re reporting to a supervisor, VP, top executive, or a board of directors, managing up is a skill that we all need.

This interactive webinar provides proven strategies and techniques to increase cooperation and collaboration between those who have different power levels, perspectives, and personalities. Learning to effectively manage up is good for you, good for your boss, and good for your organization.

Session Learning Objectives:

This session will help attendees:

• Recognize different leadership styles and explore adaptive strategies for communicating and collaborating with each style
• Understand and manage personality differences that impact manager and staff relationships
• Understand their own and their supervisors’ hot buttons
• Increase organizational trust among their managers and peers
• Take ownership for one’s own professional success

SMPS webinars are approved for 1.5 continuing education units for the Certified Professional Services Marketer (CPSM) program and 1.5 learning units from the American Institute of Architects.

Speakers:
Mary Abbajay
Author

Mary Abbajay, author of the best-selling Managing Up: How to Move Up, Win at Work, and Succeed with Any Type of Boss is president of Careerstone Group, LLC, a full-service organizational and leadership development consultancy. As a sought-after author, speaker, consultant, and trainer, Mary helps clients develop the strategies, skills and sensibilities needed for success in the 21st century. Mary is a frequent expert contributor for television, radio, and print publications where she provides practical leadership and career guidance. Her work and advice have appeared in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, The Financial Times, Money Magazine, and Southwest Airlines Magazine, and on the BBC.