Why effective leaders must manage up, down, and sideways

Why effective leaders must manage up, down, and sideways

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Briefly summarize the article
Offer your opinions and comments
Discuss relevance to this week’s topics
Also, give a comment on at least one classmate’s post (after I summit the writing materials)
I will attach the class materials, how to answer the paper, and the article.

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Summary
For leadership to be effective, those given the responsibility to lead ought to extend their influence upward as well as horizontally. It is not enough for managers to put up, align, energize and guide a team which is a world class, they have to manage up, down and sideways for their leadership to be effective. To sharpen strategy, CEOs require insights and pushback from executives who are trustworthy. According to organization theory, managing upward and sideways is beneficial to both the company and the career of the individual leader.

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