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Managing Out
That’s what President Biden may need to do more of if he’s going to succeed
What do I mean by that? Most of us have probably heard of the concepts of “managing down” and “managing up”, both equally important examples of what a skilled manager of any kind needs to do to effectively communicate with both the people who report to them, and those to whom they report.
President Biden’s job is a little bit different: he needs to manage out. That is, to the people who elected him, and even those who didn’t: Americans.
Why is this so important? Because failure to communicate not just what he’s working on but how and how hard he’s working on it will be crucial to heading off a possible Republican takeover of the House and Senate in 2 years that would pretty much shut his agenda down. Which in turn could pave the way for the rise of a true autocratic government in 4.
So is he?
Let’s look at this day: the President came out and announced he is going to order that COVID-19 vaccines be prioritized for teachers, so that they can all be vaccinated by the end of this month, and safely get back to work.
In my opinion, that’s the biggest news story of the day, and should be getting put in front of people more than anything else.
