Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m.

Venue: Zoom

Program Description: Regardless of level, managing up is important. Collaboration within/across teams, asking for resources, achieving a promotion, or getting access to a new assignment.

Definition of Managing Up: Intentional partnership & alignment between your goals, your leader’s style, and the organization’s needs so your work is visible, recognized, and rewarded.

 The presentation will cover 3 key points:

1. Before engaging with authenticity, know yourself first

• Goals, strengths, your impact, communication style, desired experiences - what do you want
  2. Know your audience, adapt not conform

  1. Networking with intention, widening your support system

  2. Career stakeholder map (also the take-away)

  3. The value they bring to the organization, their communication style, finding aligned goals and common ground

  3. Be flexible with the path

  1. Seeing opportunities where others see obstacles

  2. Careers aren't ladders, they're an octopus

Overall goal of the session:

• Create the triple win (you, your leader, and the organization) and maintain those relationships over the long term

Regardless of level, managing up is important. Collaboration within/across teams, asking for resources, achieving a promotion, or getting access to a new assignment.

Speaker Bio: Keli Frazier‑Cox is known for helping non-profit leaders navigate complexity with clarity, confidence and intention as an executive coach, trainer and keynote speaker.

 Keli a Wharton graduate and former global executive, serving as Chief Commercial Officer, General Manager and Global Head of Learning & Development, where she has led and scaled teams worldwide.

 Her work centers on the belief that leadership is both art and discipline; an approach reflected in her Intentionally Balanced Leadership™ framework which has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider and CEO Weekly as well as in her recently launched executive on-boarding program.

 Keli is a trusted partner to executives and organizations, including non-profits, guiding leaders to leverage their strengths to maximize impact on their teams, customers, and communities they serve. She also serves as the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for Dress for Success Greater Chicago.

Membership: Only $50 /year for 10 programs plus other PIDN benefits.

Drop-In: $20 per program ($15 for professionals new to the field)