Managing Up
Skill VerificadoHelp users work effectively with their manager and executives. Use when someone is struggling with their manager relationship, needs to influence leadership, wants to get better at executive communication, or is trying to build trust with their boss.
This skill distills advice from 35 product leaders on how to effectively work with managers and executives. It covers understanding relationships, communication strategies, and building trust, offering structured approaches and common pitfalls to avoid.
Versioning
- warning:Release ManagementThere is no manifest version, release tag, or CHANGELOG.md present for this skill, and installation instructions do not specify a version.
Instalación
npx skills add refoundai/lenny-skillsEjecuta el CLI de skills de Vercel (skills.sh) mediante npx — requiere Node.js en local y al menos un agente compatible con skills instalado (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Asume que el repositorio sigue el formato de agentskills.io.
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