Managing up is the essential skill of working effectively with your boss. And everyone in a legislature manages up: to a direct supervisor, a legislator or a community of stakeholders. Learn what managing up is, why it’s important and strategies for successfully managing up to those around you.

Speaker

Angela Andrews is the senior professional development partner with NCSL’s Legislative Training Institute, where she designs and delivers soft skills training to legislators and staff. She has worked in or for legislatures for almost 20 years, including as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate. She received her master’s in public administration from Suffolk University in Boston and earned a training and facilitation certificate from the Association for Talent Development.