The Currency of Indispensability: Managing Up to Get Ahead

Get the inside scoop on being seen as essential to your leader while developing the skills needed to advance.
By Alumni Career Team

Emerging data suggests that almost 70% of employees cite their manager as having a greater impact on their mental health than their therapist or doctor, with their manager’s impact being equal to that of their partner. So how do you ensure that you and your boss have a good working relationship and can both succeed at work? This webinar will give you the inside scoop on being seen as essential to your leader while developing skills needed to advance.

During our time together, we will:

  • Gain clarity around the concept of “managing up.”
  • Learn about the qualities that make employees indispensable.
  • Explore key strategies to cultivate your relationship with your boss.
  • Identify possible steps you can take now to flex your “managing up” muscles.

About the Speaker

RaShonda Flint, PhD’10, has held numerous leadership positions across leading institutions in her almost 15-year career, including at the University of Michigan. Her diverse portfolio of experiences has allowed her to excel at organizational strategy, and she credits her Ph.D. in pharmacology with helping her constantly implore analytical and problem-solving skills throughout the work she does, while regularly embracing failure.

She currently serves as a senior strategist and chief of staff within Advocate Health/Wake Forest University School of Medicine and is the owner of Aya Leadership Coaching, LLC, a strengths-based coaching firm that focuses on individual growth and development by centering self-reflection and adaptability in their work with clients.

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