New job and newly hired manager. How should I help both of us succeed?

It can be a mixed bag with first-time managers. Personally,

what worked really well:

• Over-communicating. (at least in the beginning) Since they're new to the role, giving frequent updates sets them up to succeed. There are a lot more variables that come with managing up, down, and sideways.

• Telling them your goals. Your manager has the most say in what you'll be working on. But they can't support your goals when they don't know your goals.

what didn't always work well:

• Asking for high-level feedback. To be fair, this was partly my fault as I wasn't very specific. My questions were vague like "How can I improve my communication with the team?". Instead, pinpointing a specific example followed by "Here's how I currently add value during architecture discussions, how would you handle this?" elicits extremely specific feedback.

• Expecting your boss to have everything figured out. Since this work relationship is new, you're both trying to figure out the best way to work together. Sometimes they won't give actionable feedback. Like all relationships, it takes effort on both sides to make it work.

Ethan Evans has a great Taro course on this, wish I took it earlier.