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ambitious middle mgr working for the waiting to retire senior mgr
Posted by: lonestar
Date: 6/7/2004 3:31:49 AM
I am a middle manager who built a high caliber team from ground up, and consistently directed the team to deliver projects within budget/time. My mgr keep telling me, "yes, i know that you have been doing a good job.". At the same time, she is not promoting me or does not seem to be proud of having me in her team. She kept on telling me that she did not want to build a big organization, and she asked me to give projects/resources away to other groups. Then, she asked me not to take too much on myself or on my team. She did not help to upward communicate all the things that this team has done. She did not bring me to executive meetings for me to communicate what my team has contributed. Other organization within the company now is building duplicate functions as my group because they did not seem to know my team's existence and excellence. My mgr blocked all communication with external execs. I suspected that she might want to retire soon and want to have no more trouble. How do I work with such a manager? I have a big team, full of employee with big ambition. I, too, have big ambition and hope one day I can take on bigger responsibility. Yet, my mgr kept narrowing my job responsibility. She even now hands-on taking over some of my recruiting responsibility for my team. I feel that I am stucked here. Any suggestion on how to make my contribution known to other execs without sounding like going behind her back? How do I make sure that I still have a good position after she retires? Thanks for your suggestion in advance.
| Reply from: |
auntjane |
| Date: |
6/16/2004 9:34:00 AM |
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The symptoms make it sound like you have a boss who feels threatened by you. Best thing to do is to contact people outside your group, despite what the boss says. Basically, you need to get recognised by people on the outside. I'd suggest cc'ing your boss' boss on all your achievements and other good stuff. |
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| Reply from: |
lonestar |
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6/20/2004 2:46:00 AM |
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Thanks, Auntjane.
I tried it. However, my boss would come and tell me that all external communication has to thru her only. Then, she asked me not to attend any senior mgmt meetings. Any suggestion here? |
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| Reply from: |
smiley |
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8/6/2004 3:57:00 PM |
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Try to communicate with your boss as much as possible through email so that you can keep documentation.
Write down specific incidences including dates, etc.
Request a 1 hour weekly or monthly team meeting with senior management. Explain that it will show support from senior management, as well as inspire fresh ideas from your team.
And if you are comfortable enough with other execs, perhaps you could ask them to have an open line of commincation. Especially if you would like feedback from those particular execs. They would be flattered and probably respect and want your input more than you know.
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| Reply from: |
ultralight |
| Date: |
9/24/2004 11:32:00 PM |
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I used to have the same issue at my place of employment. It eventualyy got so bad, my boss requested I ask for permission to email anyone. She even had me buy a tape recorder to record all meetings I had so that she would not have any surprises. I did exactly what she told me. When corporate would call or email me asking me for reports I would tell them they must get permission from her first. Then when another department asked for my help in any way, I simply told them that they must obtain her permission first. This seemed odd to everyone because they were so used to getting a fast response from me. Eventually other team members including higher powers caught on and discussed this with her. Now I am her back up and in training to takeover her position when she retires. So, hang in there and keep being obediant. Good things come to those who wait. |
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