Hi female bosses, I’ve been a manager for 3 years and I’d like to begin having conversations with my boss about moving into a director or Sr. Manager role. Any tips or advice for how to begin opening up these conversations with my boss? Just saying to him “I’m interested in becoming a director, what can I do to reach this goal?” doesn’t seem strategic to me. Thank you in advance :)

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“I’ve directly contributed to the revenue of the company/reduction in overhead over the last X months with my involvement of these projects.

Based on these results, I believe I’m on the path for an expanded scope of … Can we create a development plan to help me achieve my goal?”

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To initiate a productive discussion with your boss, I propose highlighting a significant achievement that aligns with the Director/Senior Manager level responsibilities. Alternatively, I would inquire about opportunities to contribute to a high-visibility project commensurate with this level of experience. This approach will certainly begin the conversation toward your advancement.

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Hi!
What I would do is:
firstly, I would schedule a catch up meeting with them so that I have their full attention and time.
Then, depending on my relationship with them and potentially after some small talk, I would open the conversation with saying something along the lines of: it´s been 3 years I´ve successfully been in my role. Im now excited to take the next step towards director/sr. manager role. I wanted to catch up with you today to hear your thoughts on me moving to the next role? How do you see it?

The goal of that initial chat would be to understand their thoughts so that you can be more strategic about what needs to be done next.

Feel free to message me if you´d like to chat further. Or connect on LI.Happy to help further.

Either way, all the best! :)

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