Micro-Learning: Leading Up - How to Request Support from Your Supervisor
Develop strategies to initiate productive conversations with your manager for career development and support.
This course addresses the common challenge employees face when seeking more from their managers in terms of career development and support. Participants will learn strategies to initiate authentic conversations with their managers, fostering understanding, trust, and collaboration.
Course Highlights:
- Identifying Intentions: Understand the importance of clarifying your intentions before initiating a conversation with your manager.
- Choosing the Right Timing: Learn to pick optimal times for discussions, considering your manager's availability and mindset.
- Adapting Communication Styles: Discover techniques to tailor your message based on your manager's communication preferences and style.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Enhance confidence in initiating conversations with managers about career development and support.
- Develop skills to effectively communicate your concerns, needs, and expectations to managers.
- Foster a collaborative relationship with managers to drive career growth and job satisfaction.
Your Instructor
Suzi Wear is a seasoned business and people leader with expertise in: management of human resources, business and talent strategy, employer compliance, workplace culture development, resolution of complex employee relations issues, and development of leadership development programs.
With a proven track record of HR management within organizations, as well as consulting for hundreds of small, growing businesses, Suzi has consistently demonstrated a keen understanding of organizational dynamics, employee development, and leadership excellence.
Throughout Suzi’s career, she has successfully led teams to achieve remarkable results, fostering a culture of authenticity, collaboration, continuous growth, and improvement. Her leadership style is characterized by a strong commitment to employee engagement, mentorship, and the strategic development of talent within the organization.
Suzi specializes in providing impactful coaching and the design and delivery of progressive yet practical training curriculum. Leveraging a wealth of knowledge gained over 20 years in leadership roles, Suzi understands both the challenges and rewards of leadership and is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations achieve their full potential.
Suzi is also a sought-after speaker who partners with organizations to produce seminars attracting Northwest business leaders and human resource professionals.
Education, Certifications, and Associations
- B.A. Psychology, University of Oregon
- SHRM SCP
- Certified trainer and administrator for DISC
- Certified Coach, Institute of Social & Emotional Intelligence