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Managing Up: How to Build Strategic Influence With Your Manager Before the Promotion Conversation Happens

Managing Up: How to Build Strategic Influence With Your Manager Before the Promotion Conversation Happensby: Brian BaldariPublished on: 30/07/2026

The most important promotion conversation isn't the one you have about advancement. It's the one you've been having every week.

Mindset & Positioning
Managing Up: How to Build Strategic Influence With Your Manager Before the Promotion Conversation Happens

The Skip-Level Relationship: How to Build Strategic Access to the Leaders Who Actually Control Your Promotion

The Skip-Level Relationship: How to Build Strategic Access to the Leaders Who Actually Control Your Promotionby: Brian BaldariPublished on: 13/07/2026

Your manager advocates for you. But the leader who controls your promotion is one level above that. Here's how to build that relationship.

Promotion Strategy
The Skip-Level Relationship: How to Build Strategic Access to the Leaders Who Actually Control Your Promotion

Visibility Is Not Self-Promotion: It's a Professional Obligation

Visibility Is Not Self-Promotion: It's a Professional Obligationby: Brian BaldariPublished on: 17/06/2026

Most high performers resist visibility because it feels like ego. Here's why withholding it actually limits your organization, not just your career.

Sponsorship & Visibility
Visibility Is Not Self-Promotion: It's a Professional Obligation

What Really Happens in Talent Reviews — And How to Make Sure Your Name Comes Up Right

What Really Happens in Talent Reviews — And How to Make Sure Your Name Comes Up Rightby: Brian BaldariPublished on: 20/05/2026

Talent reviews aren't objective evaluations. They're social conversations. Here's how to engineer yours.

Sponsorship & Visibility
What Really Happens in Talent Reviews — And How to Make Sure Your Name Comes Up Right

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