Making the Most of Your Manager
summary
Practical playbook for getting pay, promotion and learning support from a manager: check market data (expect some roles to be 20–30k out of date), bring evidence to a salary conversation, agree SMART promotion criteria and measurable milestones, ask for three concrete areas to improve, give structured SBI feedback (Situation–Behavior–Impact), build a sponsor relationship and diversify help with Manager Voltron. Emphasis is on scripted questions, written notes and repeated documented checkpoints rather than vague requests.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:55Why this talk matters
- 3:19Happiness with your manager
- 5:11Manager’s limitations matter
- 6:14Market salary value
- 9:00Ask for salary increase
- 11:54Navigating promotions
- 14:40Ask for targeted feedback
- 17:47Goals into promotions
- 18:07Own your learning
- 20:41Manager to career sponsor
- 24:21Give feedback to manager
- 28:21Difficult manager situations
- 30:48Manager Voltron support
- 32:59Quiet firing role
- 35:51Question and answer session
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