This segment details the speaker's personal experience of struggling to manage up due to high agency, leading to insufficient escalation of problems and under-communication of job difficulties to management. The speaker highlights the importance of proactively sharing challenges and frustrations with management, not just as problem-solving opportunities, but also to convey the true difficulty of the job and gain necessary support. This honest account reveals a common pitfall for highly driven individuals and offers valuable insights into effective communication strategies for managing up. Effective "managing up" involves proactively understanding management's priorities, communicating successes frequently, escalating challenges, and aligning personal goals with company objectives. This requires open communication, advocating for oneself and one's team, and acknowledging the need for help. While high agency is valuable, it shouldn't preclude seeking support and expressing difficulties.