From the course: Making the Move to Executive Leadership
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How to: Work around poor managers
From the course: Making the Move to Executive Leadership
How to: Work around poor managers
- It's really hard to get promoted without support from your direct manager. Companies trust their managers and if the person who knows you best doesn't support your promotion, it usually doesn't happen, but managers leave, reorgs happen. New managers don't know you and lack the experience to advocate for you. At Amazon, after hundreds of thousands of reviews, we had the data to know that having more than one manager during a year lowered the average performance review for those employees. You may also have a poor manager, one who doesn't care about your development, who's too busy to invest in you or just lacks the knowledge to navigate the promotion process. The best way to avoid these problems is to try to find a stable veteran manager when you are nearing promotion. Veterans at the company know the system and have already shown stability at the company. While they may leave, your odds are better. Given that you need manager support, here is how to build it quickly and how to…
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