Description
Overview
Your relationship with your boss has a significant impact on your job satisfaction, performance, and career growth. Even strong performers can struggle when expectations are unclear, communication styles clash, or priorities feel misaligned. Learning how to manage “up” effectively is a critical professional skill—yet one that is rarely taught.
This practical webinar helps professionals build a more productive, respectful, and effective working relationship with their manager. Participants will learn how to communicate clearly, anticipate expectations, and collaborate in ways that benefit both individual success and team results.
Why you should attend
Many workplace frustrations stem not from the work itself, but from misunderstandings with one’s manager. When employees learn how to work effectively with their boss, productivity increases, stress decreases, and opportunities grow.
This session provides practical tools to help you take ownership of the working relationship—without politics or manipulation.
By attending, you will learn how to:
- Understand your boss’s priorities, pressures, and working style
- Communicate proactively and professionally
- Clarify expectations and reduce frustration
- Manage feedback and performance conversations effectively
- Build trust, credibility, and influence with your manager
Who will benefit
This webinar is ideal for:
- Individual Contributors at any career stage
- High-Potential Employees and Emerging Leaders
- Project Managers and Cross-Functional Team Members
- Professionals navigating change or new leadership
- Anyone who wants a stronger, more productive relationship with their manager
Areas covered
- Why managing up matters
- Understanding your boss’s leadership and communication style
- Clarifying expectations, priorities, and success measures
- Communicating needs, challenges, and progress effectively
- Managing feedback—both giving and receiving
- Navigating disagreements and difficult conversations with your boss
- Building trust and credibility over time
- Adapting to different management styles
- Avoiding common mistakes that strain manager–employee relationships
Meet your speaker
Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson, CSP is the co-author of two top-selling books: Absolute Honesty: Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk And Rewards Integrity and Generations Inc. – From Boomers To Linksters – Managing The Friction Between Generations At Work. He’s also written for Huffington Post and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business Review. He has been interviewed on CNN. Larry has written more than 200 published articles on the topic of improving organizational culture.
An in-demand speaker and organization culture expert, Larry has delivered more than 2000 paid presentations for association conferences, corporations, and government organizations including Texas Apartment Association, American Bus Association, SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management), National Apartment Association, American Health Care Association, Harley-Davidson, Southwest Airlines, Westinghouse and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
He’s also presented more than 300 webinars for his own clients and for various webinar companies. Larry’s Education & Designation
• M.A. Counseling Psychology – Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ
• B.A. Education – Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
• CSP – Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speakers Association
Larry’s Experience
• 4 years in health care management
• 7 years as a training manager in government and the private sector
• 35 years as president of his own training and consulting firm
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