Being a manager takes certain skills - the ability to be organized, strategic, and a good multitasker (just to name a few). Depending on how large of a team the manager is overseeing, being able to be good at all of these things can be challenging. A good employee, however, can often be an asset to their manager by managing up. Haven’t heard this term before? Well, to keep it simple it means to help your manager in getting tasks done. A Wall Street Journal article referred to the concept as “stretching yourself,” of going “above and beyond the tasks assigned to you so that you can enhance your manager’s work.”