Series · 5 lessons · 24 August 2026
Managing Up and Getting Visible: Making Sure the Work, and the Judgment Behind It, Actually Gets Seen
A manager with six direct reports has roughly forty minutes a week to spend on each one, once their own meetings, their own deliverables, and everyone else's…
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Day 1 · 4 min read
Your Manager Knows Less About Your Work Than You Think
A manager with six direct reports has roughly forty minutes a week to spend on each one, once their own meetings, their own deliverables, and everyone else's…
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Day 2 · 4 min read
The Weekly Visibility Habit
A five-minute structure that keeps you on your manager's radar without feeling like self-promotion
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Day 3 · 4 min read
The Four Moments Worth Flagging
A quick-reference framework for what earns visibility, and what should stay quiet
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Day 4 · 4 min read
Managing Up When the News Is Bad
Staying visible and trusted even when what you have to report is a delay, a miss, or a mistake
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Day 5 · 4 min read
Internal Visibility and External Visibility Are the Same Muscle
The habit that gets you seen inside your organisation and the habit that builds a reputation outside it are the same underlying muscle, and almost nobody…