Managing Up: How to Get What You Need From the People in Charge by Melody Wilding

BATB score: 7/10 🤔

Best for: first jobbers / young rat racers or a reminder for senior leaders; how to be beloved by your manager, how to navigate office gossip and benefit from corridor talk, how to ask for a raise, and when and how to quit tactfully

Best as: once you are more senior, you either figure out how to navigate manager politics with your own playbook or you don’t give a fuck any more 😂

BATB lingering thought: at 35 years old, after sprinting in this corporate rat race, is there anyone out there (who is not korean) who is still enthusiastic to sprint faster? to sprint some more?

Best to: surviving corporate politics requires good acting; love the scripts in the book, you can just memorize and run with it

Best quotes: “The things that come easily to you are your strengths, so don’t discount them because they feel innate. Unconscious Competence.”

“When someone feels threatened by your ambition, recognize that envy is a reflection of their under-recognized desires or needs rather than a reflection of you.”

“Watching you negotiate with senior leadership was a great learning moment for me.”

“What’s a time when someone demonstrated the kind of success you’re looking for?”

“I have to decline, since I won’t be here to see this through.”