HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across--------------------------------------------------"ARE YOUR WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WORKING ""AGAINST"" YOU? To achieve"your goals and get ahead, you need to rally people behind you and yourideas. But how do you do that when you lack formal authority? Or whenyou have a boss who gets in your way? Or when you're juggling others'needs at the expense of your own? By managing up, down, and acrossthe organization. Your success depends on it, whether you're a young" professional or an experienced leader. The ""HBR Guide to Managing"" Up and Across"" will help you: - Advance your agenda--and your career--with"smarter networking- Build relationships that bring targets anddeadlines within reach- Persuade decision makers to champion yourinitiatives- Collaborate more effectively with colleagues-Deal with new, challenging, or incompetent bosses- Navigate officepolitics