How To Influence Your Manager and Win Promotions

Individual contributors often underestimate how important it is to manage up and have a productive relationship with their manager. In this talk, we'll discuss the most common mistakes everyone makes while managing up. We'll also examines some ways you can flex your leadership skills and go after that promotion.

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1. Z A H A R E N I A A T Z I T Z I K A K I Author S U G A R E N I A . C O M Find me at How To In uence Your Manager and Win Promotions An individual contributor's guide to managing up
2. • VP Design at Workable • Started as a developer • Wants to help individual contributors that want to switch to management • Likes cats (send pics!) About me D E V E L O P E R T U R N E D D E S I G N E R T U R N E D M A N A G E R
3. 🙄 Managers, amirite? W H O N E E D S T H E M A N Y W A Y < / >
4. 😣 We all make mistakes. M A N A G E R S A R E O U T T H E R E T O H E L P Y O U < / >
5. Be open & direct
6. Expecting your manager to be your therapist Saying what you want, loud and clear Practice Avoid
7. Invest in 1:1 meetings
8. Skipping your 1:1 because you don't have anything to report Making the most out of 1:1 meetings by setting up an agenda Practice Avoid
9. Make good use of feedback
10. Asking for feedback just because it's "the right thing to do" Asking for speci c feedback and following up on it Practice Avoid
11. Be honest about challenges
12. Being a hero and suffering in silence Raising red ags early, especially for delays Practice Avoid
13. Make your work visible
14. Thinking that your work is unappreciated Showcasing your best work to your team Practice Avoid
15. Ask for accountability
16. Shrugging your shoulders and assume the worst Holding your manager accountable Practice Avoid
17. Adopt a problem-solving attitude
18. Being grumpy and passive when challenged Helping your manager with problem solving Practice Avoid
19. Be a leader
20. Waiting to be promoted before acting senior Showcasing leadership to get promoted Practice Avoid
21. Look out for yourself
22. Normalizing harassment of any sort Setting boundaries and protecting yourself Practice Avoid
23. 😠 "I did all these and nothing happened." Y O U , P R O B A B L Y < / >
24. 😌 It's not you, it's them. < / >
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