If it is not, you might be better served looking for other options. Debbie warns us to not look at managing up as a means to the next promotion. Do your job well, be a good influence manager, assess what the organizational goals are as well as your own goals, see where they match and where they differ, play on the strengths and mitigate the differences. Some people resist maneuvering through these issues and work against those with influence. Emulation, while it can be superficial, is often more than that.
Humans like to associate with like dressers, like actors, like thinkers.
Do what they admire in other competent managers. See how they take in information. Influence management is realizing who is making the call, and doing what we can to help the organization through meeting others goals, and needs. In supervising, managing up, and with peers, and working with people in general. It helps everyone involved as well as the organization be more successful.