Engage your manager - Accelerate your career

Managing-up : 3 Practical Rules to Build a Stronger Relationship with Your Manager

Why This Course Matters?

“People don’t quit jobs — they quit managers.”

One of the most overlooked drivers of career growth is the quality of your relationship with your manager.

Yet, very few professionals receive formal guidance on how to manage this critical relationship intentionally and strategically.

This course fills that gap.

What You Will Learn?

In under one hour, you will learn how to:

• Build trust and alignment with your manager

• Reduce friction and misunderstandings

• Position yourself as dependable and growth-oriented

• Create a practical action plan tailored to your manager

The course is structured around three clear, practical rules that you can apply immediately.

Who This Course Is For?

• Professionals who want to accelerate their career growth

• Employees navigating a cold or distant manager relationship

• High-potential talent seeking stronger visibility and support

• Anyone who wants to turn a good manager relationship into a great one

(Note: This course is not designed to address extreme or abusive leadership situations.)

About the Instructor

With more than 20 years of corporate experience, I have worked with diverse leaders and managed multiple teams.

Like many professionals, I faced challenges in managing upward. Through reflection, observation, and application of structured best practices, I transformed difficult reporting relationships into productive ones.

This course combines personal insight with proven professional principles.

Course Structure

• 5 structured sections

• 17 concise lectures

• Real examples and case studies

• Practical exercises to build your action plan

• 3 quizzes to reinforce learning

Designed to be completed in under 60 minutes - in one focused sitting — high impact, low time commitment.

Updated & Continuously Improved

Originally launched in 2020.
Fully re-recorded and updated in November 2024.

Content improvements are driven by learner feedback and real-world questions.

Learner Feedback

“Exceptional course — a must take for all professionals.”
“The practical rules are easy to remember and well articulated.”

Final Thought

Your manager relationship can either limit your growth or accelerate it.

This course helps you take control of that variable.

I look forward to supporting your progress.

— Viraj Almeida