Maybe I should write a business book

[yendi]

I just used the phrase "Transitive Property of Managing Up" in an email to my boss.

Neither Google nor DuckDuckGo can find the phrase anywhere. I've totally coined a big business catchphrase.

Comments

[fengi.livejournal.com]

I really like that term, can you break it out in plainer terms? Is it something like employees learning how to manage what their bosses expect?

[yendi]

Yep. It's a term that I think was originated by someone who worked for Lee Iacoca. I'm only adding the transitive property element (managing what my boss sends up the chain).

[siliconshaman.livejournal.com]

It sounds impressive...and it's meaning is utterly opaque. Yup, it's a Big Business Catchphrase.

[greylistening.livejournal.com]

I understand it. Heh. But then, I've been teaching my kid about the transitive in math.

[natf.livejournal.com]

https://ixquick.com has:

About 40,266 results

[yendi]

I'm finding nothing (it's doing the search engine thing where it finds no instances of a quoted phrase, so drops to the non-quoted search).