Have you ever heard the phrase "learn how to manage your manager"? I was confused the first time I heard this. Manage my manager? Shouldn’t he or she be managing me? As I worked through my college internships and jobs on campus, I tried to understand this concept.
Then I graduated college and entered the real world. I
quickly learned that if I was going to be successful in my first year of work,
I was going to need a good working relationship with my manager.
I realized that "managing your manager" meant you should build a good relationship with your manager so you have a mutual understanding of success and expectations.