3-day Virtual Seminar

How to Speak Professionally With Your Boss and Managers

Overview

This session gives professionals a practical framework for communicating effectively and professionally with managers and senior leaders from everyday updates to difficult conversations. Attendees will leave with concrete techniques for managing up with confidence, building a stronger working relationship, and being seen as more capable and reliable.

Why you should Attend

The way you communicate with your manager is quietly shaping every decision they make about your future promotions, raises, high-visibility projects whether or not you realize it's happening. Professionals who never learn to manage up effectively watch less-qualified peers get ahead simply because they communicate with more confidence and clarity. This is one of the highest-leverage communication skills in your career, and almost no one gets trained on it.

Areas Covered in the Session

• Why communication with your manager has an outsized impact on your career trajectory
  
• Understanding your manager's priorities and communication preferences
  
• Structuring clear, concise updates that build confidence in your work
• Disagreeing with your manager respectfully and constructively
  
• Asking for what you need resources, feedback, or opportunities effectively
  
• Delivering bad news or admitting mistakes without damaging trust
  
• Navigating a difficult or hard-to-read manager relationship
  
• Communicating confidently in one-on-ones and performance conversations
  
• Setting boundaries professionally without appearing uncooperative
  
• Building a long-term communication approach that strengthens your professional reputation
  

Who Will Benefit

• Early-to-mid career Professionals
  
• Individual Contributors seeking career advancement
  
• Team Leads and first-time People Managers
  
• Project and Program Managers
  
• High-potential employees preparing for leadership roles
  
• Professionals navigating a new manager relationship
  
• Anyone seeking to strengthen executive presence and upward communication