Stuck in your career? Peers moving up fast?

My most common coaching client? Senior Managers.

• Amazon and Google L7s.

• Meta M2.

• Microsoft 66/67.

• Managers of managers from all disciplines at all kinds of companies.

Their most common story is, I've been doing this job for a few years and getting good reviews, but I keep being passed over to move up further.

Last fall I created a class just for this situation, called Level Up: Breaking Through to Executive. Hundreds of people stuck in their careers have taken it online. But, I keep getting asked if I will do it live again.

I'm not the sort of person to simply repeat what already exists, so I'm considering how to do it better.

With this in mind, I'm checking interest for a special version in September with live enhancement.

Specifically, we'll use the recorded lectures from the full original class, but then I will enhance them with three live, interactive discussions on the key topics that have most interested both my coaching clients and course participants.

If there is enough interest (sign up below, no commitment at all, just saying you are interested), the class will be called Stuck at Senior Manager, How to Break Through to Executive – for Senior Managers in all disciplines.

In addition to on-demand content, you’ll join me live for 3+ hours to dive deep on:

• The standards by which executives are selected.

• How to manage your promotion process.

• Ask me hard career problems.

• The course will include slides, important resources, and an Alumni Group to connect with other leaders.

Signing up will give you access to a short survey where you can tell me exactly what you want to make sure we cover in the enhanced interactive sessions.

I also invite you to comment on this post with where you are, your story, and where you feel stuck. Tell me what you need help with.

Executives - do you have people under you who are solid but aren’t making it to the next level?

Good people who just aren't on a path to be great?

Here is an opportunity - point them toward this class.

You'll be investing in their careers and I promise you, I will be giving them the clear high standards and specific direction for what they need to do to become star performers you'd be excited to promote.

If you read my writings you know that I pull no punches and the same is true of this class.

Reader Question

Q1: Do you recommend this course for folks 1 or 2 levels below the Sr. Manager level (e.g. Principal at Amazon, either an IC or Manager of 2-3 reports)? Or is the content most salient for the Sr. Manager level (i.e. a Manager of Managers)?

My response: A number of people below the Senior Manager level have taken the class. They get the following things from it:

1. A view of the future expectations of executive leaders if they pursue that path. Essentially, a head start on what they will need to be able to do and be.

2. An understanding of how the leaders above them are evaluated and how they think, so that they can work with them more easily

3. High performance has similarities at all levels. While some parts are specific to Senior Managers working to become executives, much of it is applicable to Senior Individual Contributors (ICs) and Managers.

I think it would be self-serving of me to simply say yes, of course, take the class. What I can tell you is that quite a few people at both higher and lower levels, or who are ICs, have taken it and liked it.

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