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Here's a sneak peek of our managing up session. Here are some ways to take charge of your career and get recognized for the value that YOU add to your organization

Sneak Peek of Managing Up Session 

Build the confidence, clarity, and emotional intelligence to lead up, across, and down with lasting impact.

Founder, Author & PCC Leadership Coach

Nejat Abdurahman

Founder of N-BAC, PCC Leadership & EIQ Coach, Author of The Art of Managing Up

Lead with Influence: Master Managing Up, Across and Down

Engineering Manager

Head Of Product

Trust and Safety Manager

Director of People Operations and HR

Director of Ads and Monetization

Compliance Manager 

CFO 

Sr Manager Accounting

AVP, Quality Control Manager

You’ve mastered the technical side of your role, but leading people requires an entirely different set of skills. Between meeting expectations from your boss, aligning with peers, and supporting your team, it’s easy to feel stretched thin and unseen. This program helps you change that.Lead with Influence equips you with the mindsets, tools, and self-awareness to lead up, across, and down effectively. Through the DISC, EIQ, and Managing Up assessments, you’ll uncover your leadership patterns and learn how to communicate with confidence, build trust across levels, and navigate organizational dynamics with emotional intelligence.You’ll discover how to influence decisions without formal authority, coach your team for performance, and become the strategic partner senior leaders rely on. Through live coaching, practical frameworks, and peer learning, you’ll create a personalized 90-day leadership action plan to sustain growth long after the program ends.If you’re ready to move from managing tasks to shaping outcomes, this is where your next level of leadership begins.

Lead up, across, and down with emotional intelligence, clarity, and confidence.

Manage up with confidence 

Collaborate across functions

Lead down with impact 

Apply emotional intelligence in real time

Strengthen your leadership presence

Create your leadership plan

This course is ideal for professionals with some workplace or team experience who are ready to grow their leadership impact.

No formal prerequisites.

Emerging managers who are new to leadership and ready to build confidence, clarity, and trust while managing up, across, and down.

Mid-level leaders seeking to strengthen their influence, visibility, and emotional intelligence to lead strategically and with impact.

Aspiring leaders preparing to step into management by learning to lead and influence effectively without formal authority.

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Lead with Influence: Master Managing Up, Across and Down

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Sneak Peek of Managing Up Session