Level Up Your Career
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Level Up Your Career
This course is part of New Manager’s Playbook Specialization
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What you'll learn
Identify your core career values and skills while building the learning agility required for long-term professional growth.
Develop strategies to overcome career setbacks and forge supportive professional relationships that aid advancement.
Build a strong partnership with your manager through effective communication and an understanding of their work style.
Apply proven techniques to resolve professional differences and maintain focus while managing challenging boss dynamics.
Skills you'll gain
- Smart Goals
- Willingness To Learn
- Professional Development
- Performance Appraisal
- Lifelong Learning
- Growth Mindedness
- Personal Development
- Self-Awareness
- Adaptability
- Trustworthiness
- Empowerment
- Analytical Skills
- Growth Strategies
- Self-Starter
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Communication Strategies
- Relationship Management
- Proactivity
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March 2026
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There are 3 modules in this course
Take control of your professional future by mastering the dual art of self-direction and relationship management. This course empowers you to level up your career by aligning your personal values with growth opportunities and developing the agility to navigate setbacks. You’ll also learn how to build a high-trust, productive partnership with your manager. By combining proactive career planning with effective communication and conflict-resolution strategies, you'll be equipped to overcome workplace obstacles and drive your professional advancement.
Want a fulfilling career path? While others can help, it’s up to you to make it happen. Learn how by getting to know yourself, finding opportunities in career setbacks, and making learning a habit.
What's included
14 videos25 readings1 assignment
14 videos•Total 35 minutes
- The Art of Career Development•3 minutes
- Disrupt Yourself•3 minutes
- What Lights Your Fire•2 minutes
- A Great Job Fit•1 minute
- How to Really Use LinkedIn•5 minutes
- Personal Board of Directors•2 minutes
- Develop Your Career Network•2 minutes
- Learning to Learn•3 minutes
- Career Crossroads•3 minutes
- Propose Your Own Job•2 minutes
- The Opportunity of Being Between Jobs•2 minutes
- Career Impasse•3 minutes
- How to Be Ready in Case of a Layoff•5 minutes
- Imposter Syndrome•2 minutes
25 readings•Total 250 minutes
- Your Career Path•10 minutes
- Own your career•10 minutes
- Climb the lattice?•10 minutes
- Beyond a job search•10 minutes
- Know Yourself•10 minutes
- Your career self•10 minutes
- What lights your fire?•10 minutes
- What skills do you have—or need?•10 minutes
- What matters to you?•10 minutes
- Where do you fit?•10 minutes
- Seek Career Support•10 minutes
- Cultivate your network•10 minutes
- Form a board of directors•10 minutes
- Find a helping hand•10 minutes
- Become an Agile Learner•10 minutes
- Learn... to be successful•10 minutes
- Grow your mindset•10 minutes
- Be agile•10 minutes
- Stretch in place•10 minutes
- Overcome Career Hurdles•10 minutes
- Bumps in the road•10 minutes
- Bounce back•10 minutes
- Get unstuck•10 minutes
- Move forward•10 minutes
- Own your role•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Career Management Assessment•30 minutes
Having a positive, healthy relationship with your manager is key to your success. Learn how to resolve differences without losing focus on business priorities.
What's included
19 videos32 readings1 assignment
19 videos•Total 51 minutes
- Mentor Moment: Rules of the Road for Managing Up•2 minutes
- Working Well with Your Boss When You Work Remotely•1 minute
- Key Conversations with Your New Boss•3 minutes
- Managing Multiple Bosses•2 minutes
- Take Age Out of the Equation•2 minutes
- Boss Management 101•3 minutes
- Clarify Your Boss’s Preferences•2 minutes
- Mad Dog•2 minutes
- Work With, Not For, Your Boss•2 minutes
- When to Speak Up•3 minutes
- Improve Your Relationship with Your Boss by Aligning Goals•2 minutes
- Primed for Success•3 minutes
- How to Disagree with Your Boss•1 minute
- The Risk and Reward of Disagreeing with Your Boss•3 minutes
- Saying No at Work•8 minutes
- Improve Your Relationship with a Difficult Boss•2 minutes
- Change a Difficult Work Relationship•3 minutes
- What Can I Take Off Your Desk?•3 minutes
- Cope with a Difficult Boss•3 minutes
32 readings•Total 320 minutes
- What Is Managing Your Boss?•10 minutes
- What managing your boss is—and isn’t•10 minutes
- Why it matters *•10 minutes
- The benefits *•10 minutes
- Manage multiple bosses *•10 minutes
- Know Your Boss—and Yourself•10 minutes
- Understand your differences•10 minutes
- Roles•10 minutes
- Strengths and weaknesses•10 minutes
- Work styles•10 minutes
- Motivators•10 minutes
- Expectations *•10 minutes
- Build a Partnership•10 minutes
- From working relationship to partnership•10 minutes
- Assess your attitude toward authority *•10 minutes
- Clarify business priorities *•10 minutes
- Discuss your professional development *•10 minutes
- Communicate Effectively with Your Boss•10 minutes
- Listen and ask questions•10 minutes
- Present problems *•10 minutes
- Disagree•10 minutes
- Give your boss feedback•10 minutes
- Negotiate project and task priorities•10 minutes
- Manage a Difficult Boss•10 minutes
- Deal with a difficult boss *•10 minutes
- Hands-Off *•10 minutes
- Absentee *•10 minutes
- Insecure *•10 minutes
- Self-focused *•10 minutes
- Micromanaging *•10 minutes
- Conflict-averse *•10 minutes
- Plays favorites *•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Managing Your Boss Assessment•30 minutes
What's included
2 assignments
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
- Course-End Assessments•30 minutes
- Course-End Projects•30 minutes
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