Leading Up

How to Lead Your Boss So You Both Win

Michael Useem
New York: Crown Business/Random House, 2001; paperback edition, 2003. 

General Information on Leading Up 
Articles on Upward Leadership by Michael Useem 
Articles, Interviews, and Programs about Leading Up
Other Suggested Books and Articles on Upward Leadership

General Information on Leading Up

Table of Contents for Leading Up

Three free chapters of Leading Up

Three free audio-version chapters of Leading Up 

Bio-sketch of the author

Contact the author:  useem@wharton.upenn.edu

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Lessons from Leading Up

Audio version of Leading Up at Audible.com

Articles on Upward Leadership by Michael Useem

Michael Useem, "Leading Your Boss," The Economic Times (India), Nov. 13, 2003. 

Michael Useem, "Commentary: The Finger Of Blame For Corporate Corruption Should Point Beyond CEO's," Nightly Business Report (television), November, 7, 2002. 

Michael Useem, "Leading from the Middle," Executive Update, October, 2002. 

Michael Useem, "Leading Up," Executive Excellence Magazine, February, 2002. 

Michael Useem, "Leading Up: Lessons for CEOs in 'Managing Their Boards,'" Directorship Magazine, November, 2001. 

Michael Useem, "The Ups and Downs of Leading People," Financial Times, Mastering People Management, October 29, 2001. 

   Reprinted in The Institute for Management Excellence Online Newsletter, February,
   2002. 

Michael Useem, "Leaders Needn't Fear a Great Number Two," Wall Street Journal, October 8, 2001, p. A26 (online access for WSJ subscribers).  

Articles, Interviews, and Programs about Leading Up

"Leader's Edge, with Michael Useem" by Stephen Bernhut, Ivey Business Journal, November-December, 2002 (511Kb PDF file). 

Wharton@Work: eBuzz, "A Gallery of Leaders," November, 2002.

Interview with Michael Useem, EmergingLeader.com, May, 2002. 

Executive Source, Summary of Leading Up, 2002. 

Institute for Management Excellence, "The Ups and Downs of Leading People," February, 2002. 

The Economist.com, "High Climbers," January 28, 2002. 

Jeffrey Steele, "Master the Art of Coaching the Boss -- With Discretion," Chicago Tribune, January 20, 2002. 

Interview with Michael Useem on "Leadership" in Ivey Business Journal, January-February, 2002, pp. 42-43.  

Interview with Michael Useem on "Upward Leadership" in Leadership Wired, Vol. 4, No. 24, January, 2002. 

Interview with Michael Useem on "Leading Up" on E*Trade/WebFN, Dec. 19, 2001 (keyword search on "Useem").   

Interview with Michael Useem on "Upward Leadership" on Financial Finesse Radio, December, 2001. 

Knowledge@Wharton, "What It Takes: Leadership From Below," Dec. 5-18, 2001. 

Bill Breen, "Trickle-Up Leadership," Fast Company, November, 2001.  

Brook Manville, "Leading Up to 'Leading Up':  An Interview with Wharton Professor Mike Useem," LineZine, Fall, 2001. 

Alexis Offen, "Power Shift: Interview with Professor Michael Useem," MBA Jungle, November, 2001. 

Biz Reader Review, October, 2001. 

weLead Online Magazine, "Interview with Michael Useem," September-October, 2001.

Jack Covert Selects, "Leading Up," 800-CEOREAD, September, 2001. 

Knowledge@Wharton, "The Art of Leading Up," April 25, 2001. 

Other Suggested Books and Articles on Upward Leadership

Bellman, Geoffrey M., Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1992. 

Fisher, Roger, and Alan Sharp, Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge.  New York: HarperBusiness, 1998.

Fox, Jeffrey J., How to Become CEO:  The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization. New York: Hyperion, 1999. 

Gabarro, John J., and John P. Kotter, “Managing Your Boss,” Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1993, pp. 150-157.

Heenan, David A., and Warren Bennis, “How to a Great No. 2,” Across the Board, July-August, 1999, pp. 36-42.

Hymowitz, Carol, “Competent Bosses Recognize Importance of Managing Up,” Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2001.

Kelley, Robert E., “In Praise of Followers,” Harvard Business Review, November- December, 1988, pp. 1-8. 

Muoio, Anna,” Boss Management: Unit of One,” Fast Company, April, 1999.

Porter, Lyman L., Robert W. Allen and Harold L. Angle, “The Politics of Upward Influence in Organizations,” Research in Organizational Behavior, 3, 1981, pp. 109-149. 

Schlesinger, Len, “It Doesn’t Take A Wizard to Build a Better Boss,” Handbook of the Revolution.  New York: Fast Company, 1997.

Stengel, Richard, You’re Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.