Focus on what’s keeping your manager up at night

“Often people are so focused on solving their own problems, they don’t think about how their proposed solutions create more problems one level up. What are your boss’s problems and how can you solve them?” says Jan Chong of Tally.

Proposals that solve your problems and your boss’s problem are gold.

To really get your manager’s attention, keep an eye out for the walls they seem to run into over and over again. “Anticipate their needs and identify things you can take off their plate.

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As a manager, yes please. As someone who has a manager, I need to do a much much better job of this.