How to Get Your Manager’s Support For Your Career Goals

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Stakeholder Management

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As an ambitious achiever who wants to keep advancing in your career, you know you need a game plan. But no matter how robust a roadmap you’ve created, you can only take your plan so far on your own.

You also need the support of others, especially your managers. Whether it’s paving the way, providing guidance or helping you troubleshoot, it’s vital to have your manager on board so they can be working for you and not against you.

So how do you get your boss on board for your vision for your career?

In this Career Mastery Live, you’ll discover:

The most important step to take at the start of the year to get your manager’s support
How to have a career conversation that sets you up to get what you want most, whether it’s a promotion, pay rise, stretch assignment, or anything else that matters to you
How to advocate for your career goals with confidence while maintaining a positive relationship with your boss
4 Common mistakes that will keep you from getting your manager’s full support

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May Busch

May is an executive coach, speaker, advisor, and author of the #1 international bestseller VISIBLE: How to Advance Your Career Without Playing Politics, Selling Your Soul, or Working Yourself into the Ground. She’s a seasoned business executive with a passion for helping leaders be the best they can be.

As an executive coach and mentor, May brings 24 years of front-line corporate experience and expertise, most recently as COO of Morgan Stanley Europe, to help professionals overcome (often hidden) obstacles, advance to the next level in their careers and reach their full potential.

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