We are starting a series on managing up. In this episode we talk about how not to communicate work issues to your boss. We define what complaining is and why complaining is ineffective. We provide a checklist that our listeners can use to see if their upward communications are in the complaining territory.
You know that you are complaining when bringing an issue to your boss
<ol>
<li>Without offering a plan that you and your partners would like to execute,</li>
<li>Without asking for resources</li>
<li>Or without asking for an approval.</li>
</ol>

Reach out to us if you have suggestions or would like us to present on the topics of effective engineering management at <a href="mailto:contact@effectiveem.com">contact@effectiveem.com</a> or visit us at <a href="https://www.effectiveem.com">https://www.effectiveem.com</a>.

We are starting a series on managing up. In this episode we talk about how not to communicate work issues to your boss. We define what complaining is and why complaining is ineffective. We provide a checklist that our listeners can use to see if their upward communications are in the complaining territory. You know that you are complaining when bringing an issue to your boss Without offering a plan that you and your partners would like to execute, Without asking for resources Or without asking for an approval. Reach out to us if you have suggestions or would like us to present on the topics of effective engineering management at contact@effectiveem.com or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.

We are starting a series on managing up. In this episode we talk about how not to communicate work issues to your boss. We define what complaining is and why complaining is ineffective. We provide a checklist that our listeners can use to see if their upward communications are in the complaining territory.
You know that you are complaining when bringing an issue to your boss
<ol>
<li>Without offering a plan that you and your partners would like to execute,</li>
<li>Without asking for resources</li>
<li>Or without asking for an approval.</li>
</ol>

Reach out to us if you have suggestions or would like us to present on the topics of effective engineering management at <a href="mailto:contact@effectiveem.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact@effectiveem.com</a> or visit us at <a href="https://www.effectiveem.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.effectiveem.com</a>.

Managing Up: Complaining

The Effective Engineering Manager podcast provides proven solutions and best practices to software engineering managers of all levels that allow them to effectively manage teams to deliver results on time and with high quality. This podcast is presented to you by Slava Imeshev and Adam Axelrod. Sharing our knowledge, we leverage 25+ years of our combined engineering management experience in getting stuff done. We share practical recommendations on getting stuff done, project and program management, engineering processes and tools, managing horizontally and vertically, establishing and running effective software development lifecycle, effective meetings and time management, building and managing teams, people management, growing engineering and management careers, and more. Please reach out to us if you have feedback or suggestions at contact@effectiveem.com or visit us at https://www.effectiveem.com.

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