From Manager to Director: Strategic Skills to Advance Your Career

Summary

In our interactive instructor-led 60-minute event, you will learn how to navigate the challenging transition from manager to director. Moving up in leadership requires a new level of strategic thinking, delegation, and communication to demonstrate your value. This session will equip women professionals with actionable tools to position themselves for advancement and tackle any barriers that may be holding them back.

Join us, and you’ll discover:

  • How to identify and align your current skills with the expectations of a director role
  • Ways to confidently communicate your value and career goals to leadership
  • Practical strategies to shift from task-based to strategic leadership
  • Proven methods to build your “Value Bank” and advocate for your promotion

Program Highlights

Shift from Contributor to Strategic Leader: Develop the Mindset for Success

  • How to conduct a skillset audit to align your abilities with higher-level competencies
  • Discover ways to let go of tactical tasks and focus on strategic, results-driven initiatives
  • Solutions for identifying and prioritizing tasks that showcase your leadership capabilities

Strengthen Communication: Advocate for Your Promotion with Confidence

  • Techniques to have intentional, impactful conversations about your career progression
  • Ways to manage regular performance check-ins to align with your leadership goals
  • Communicating how your advancement benefits both you and your organization

Build Your Value Bank: Demonstrate Evidence of Your Readiness

  • Strategies to gather data, testimonials, and examples of your impact
  • Methods to showcase how your contributions have added strategic value
  • Leverage your network to build a team of people advocating for your career success

Question & Answer Session – Have your specific questions answered!

Program Benefits

In our 60-minute program, you’ll discover how to take control of your leadership journey by stepping into a director-level mindset. You’ll gain the tools to confidently advocate for your career progression, refine your strategic skills, and position yourself for promotion. The actionable takeaways can immediately enhance your performance, helping you build a clear path to leadership success.

If you'd like this program customized for your organization, call us at 1-800-964-6033. We're certain we can fulfill your training needs, while making it fit in your budget!

About the Speaker

John Neral
John Neral

John Neral works with women professionals to prepare, position, and promote who they are and what they do so they can SHOW UP to find a job they love or love the job they have. John's professional walk included a 25-year career in... education and a longstanding corporate consultant for Fortune 500 giant Casio America, Inc. John is the author of SHOW UP – Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career and Your Mid-Career GPS – Four Steps to Figuring Out What's Next and the host of "The Mid-Career GPS Podcast." John is an avid game show enthusiast and professional bowler who won a title on the PBA Regional Tour and still actively competes. He lives outside of Washington, D.C., with his spouse and their 20-lb rescue cat, “Amy Farrah Meowler,” named because of their love of the television show, “The Big Bang Theory.”