What do you do with an incompetent manager? You go the extra mile and fix everything and make stuff look good, they get the credit. You do a good job and project goes south, they start blaming you for not delivering (even you delivered)

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CC others to describe what you did/changed/prepped for them. Think of a way to @ the people you cc’d and ask for data or input to justify why they’re on the chain.

How about when it comes to feedback? If they suck so much I doubt they are good at giving fair feedback

escalate , document everything and then again escalate

Try managing up. If he’s disorganized, you can schedule the meeting and set the agenda. If she’s non-responsive, start copying the relevant leadership to give them visibility to your proactiveness. If they are struggling with a basic thing, show them how to do it at your next touchpoint.

If you don’t realize that managing up, when done right, gives you positive exposure to leadership, then it sounds like you have a lot more learning to do.

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