management

  • The Do’s and Don’ts of Managing Up, According to an HR Expert

    The Do’s and Don’ts of Managing Up, According to an HR Expert

    Your relationship with your boss can determine just about every aspect of your job — including your workload, job satisfaction, and overall career prospects. Given the power differential, much of those things can seem out of your control. That’s where “managing up” comes into play: Managing up is the process of actively managing your relationship…


  • Don’t Tear Down Chesterton’s Fence

    There’s this incredibly stupid phenomenon in Hollywood studios. When a new studio exec replaces an old one, they throw out all the old film projects in development, and they start new ones. You’ve seen this happen in your own industry (and so have I), because this is what new bosses do. They change things. That’s…