Are you Dumb Enough to Manage Up? - The Neurodiversity Coach Newsletter

Welcome to The Neurodiversity Coach Newsletter. As an Executive Coach, Leadership Trainer and self-professed geek, I've had the opportunity to work with neurodivergent leaders and coach them through many leadership and workplace challenges. Each week I share resources and insights for neurodivergent leaders and the rest of us.

In this week's newsletter we address a common desire for all types of leaders whether neurotypical or neurodivergent: influencing those who lead us.

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Are you Dumb Enough to Manage Up?

I mean the original definition of the word dumb… as in not able to speak.

I coach a steady stream of corporate leaders. Last year I spoke to more than 250 leaders and nearly every one of them comes to coaching or training with the question of how do I manage upwards better. How do I influence my leader when it seems like I have nothing to offer them?

It’s simple:

• Listen to them.
• Sit at their feet.
• Hear everything that they have to say about everything that is important to them.
• Ask them what keeps them up at night and then simply listen.
• Get on their side of the table.
• Make it your mission to help them reach their goals.

See what happens. I predict magic.

The cool thing is that anyone can do this. Whether you are neurotypical or neurodivergent, great at the same language as your leader, same or different gender, we can all be dumb.

So, are you dumb enough?

Let me know how it goes.

Ken

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Past Articles: Neurodiverse Leadership Resource Library

Want more resources on neurodiversity leadership? We are finding and creating resources for you. Watch this section expand every week.

Aug 18: Understanding the Avoidant Employee

Aug 10: Your Leadership is Not Served by You Thinking You are Less Than

Aug 4: Leaders Don't Want to Be Victims

July 20: Are You Overcompensating?

July 13: Why We Need the Outdoors

July 6: It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature

June 29: EMOTIONAL BIDS: What Do We Do When Someone Reaches Out to Us Emotionally?

June 15: The Boxes We Put Ourselves In

June 8: Please Just Tell Me the Answer!

May 25: Dyslexia and Leadership

May 18: Autism and Leadership: Advantages and Challenges

May 11: ADHD and Leadership

May 4: Hi Elon, I'd Like to Be Your Executive Coach

Apr 27: Surprise! Your Motivators are NOT Their Motivators

Apr 14: Managing Up Success Story

Apr 6: The Power of Routine

Mar 30: The Nerd Ceiling and Digital Body Language

Mar 22: Neurodiversity Makes For Better Leaders (Sometimes)

Mar 16: He Only Cares About Himself

Mar 9: Neurodiverse Leaders and the Power of One on One Conversation

Mar 2: What if My Neurodiverse Boss Sucks with People?

Feb 23: Why Am I So Anxious?

Feb 16: The Trouble With Neurodiverse Leadership (Forbes Article)

Feb 9: Your Straight Talk is NOT Authentic Leadership

Feb 2: People are More Difficult than Algorithms

Jan 26: Nerds (and Geeks) are Leaders Too!

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