Contrary to micromanaging or second guessing your manager, managing up suggest keeping your eye on the big picture and supporting the vision of your team leaders. When managing up you are performing your in a way that makes your manager's job, as well as yours, much easier on a day to day basis. It also suggest you are a supportive team member, with leadership potential, who exhibits a work ethic of going above and beyond ith consistency.

Try to think of the ways in which you actively try to go above and beyond in supporting your leaders. Detail the occasions where you were the go-to-clutch-player. What did you do, and how did you go about it? Use these points to build out your answer.