Prepare for an honest career conversation with your boss. Learn how to request a raise, confess a mistake, or ask about the next step.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- When should you request an honest career conversation with your boss?
- How to ask for the meeting
- Preparing your case
- Understanding possible power dynamics
- Three rules for starting the conversation
- Making your case
- Using bridges to keep the conversation focused
- Managing your emotions if things get tense
- If your request is not granted
- Asking for a promotion
- Confessing a (potential) career-ending mistake
- Requesting additional training, staff, or tools
- Making a request of your boss
- Next steps
Taught by
Lida Citroën
