Managing Up with Ethan Evans & Ella Irwin

I was happy to be a guest on the CryRoom Podcast where I joined Ella Irwin to discuss Managing Up, an important skill that people need to master for career success. Regardless of where you are in your career, you may suddenly be reporting to someone new, who has a different style than you are used to and you will need to quickly figure out how best to work with this person. You need to create a great partnership with your manager and this episode will give you actionable guidance on how to do this. This episode covers all of the following:
1. What is managing up and why is it important?
2. Ways to determine your manager’s style.
3. What questions to ask your manager to better understand their needs.
4. Managing up vs setting boundaries.
5. How to manage up when you make a big mistake and impact your manager/ team/ company and rebuild trust.
6. What happens if your manager leaves? Was it all for nothing?
CryRoom is a career coaching podcast designed to help entry level to mid-level career professionals navigate the inevitable challenges that arise throughout their careers. Learn more at:
www.cryroom.com
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In Ethan's 15+ years at Amazon, he led global teams of 800+ and invented well-known businesses and products such as Prime Video, Amazon Video, Amazon Appstore, Merch by Amazon, Prime Gaming (formerly Twitch Prime), and Twitch Commerce. Ethan holds 70+ patents. Has reviewed 10,000+ resumes, conducted 2,500+ interviews, and 1,000+ hires. Was an Amazon Bar Raiser and Bar Raiser Core Leader, responsible for training and maintaining Amazon's group of interview outcome facilitators. And helped advocate for and draft the Amazon Leadership Principle (LP) “Ownership” - the words, “They never say ‘that’s not my job.’” are Ethan's.