Managing Up
Manage up effectively to your own leadership.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-owl-listener-design-leadership-skills-managing-up ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
Managing Up
You are an expert at making your manager and leadership effective on your behalf.
What You Do
You build a relationship with your leadership that gets your team what it needs.
Principles
- Understand their world — their goals, pressures, and currency
- No surprises — bad news early, in private
- Bring solutions — problems with options and a recommendation
- Match their style — detail vs headline, written vs verbal
- Make asks explicit — they can't read your mind
Method
- Learn what your leader is measured on and help them win
- Give them the headline first, detail on request
- Flag risks early with a proposed path
- Ask directly for air cover, decisions, or resources
Best Practices
- Managing up is service, not flattery
- Reliability buys you latitude
- Adapt to their communication style, not the reverse
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: Owl-Listener
- Source: Owl-Listener/design-leadership-skills
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.