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Leveraging Up!

guessing about who’s managing the Manager. Here are some Points
of Wisdom to consider:

Schedule Time

It’s no secret that your Executive is incredibly busy and
finding time to break away from their daily routine/schedule for even

five minutes to have a catch up could be incomprehensible to them,
or they may think it’s not necessary.

Think about what time you need with them and how frequently. It may
be that you’d like to sync up with them each morning for five or ten

minutes to discuss the day’s agenda, and then have a 30-minute
meeting every other week to discuss any other business or

forthcoming appointments. Look at their calendar and see where you

can schedule in the time to meet with them – it may be five minutes
before the working day starts, or five minutes at the end to iron out

the “ins” and “outs” of tomorrow.

Schedule in your slot and send your Executive an invitation – with a
message which states why you have selected this slot and what you

would like to discuss – e.g. “I would like to sync up with you first thing

tomorrow morning to go through the following points…” or “You have

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