April Little

Former HR Exec, Executive Coach, Speaker & Creator

The Hidden Dynamics Behind Getting Promoted

L3Harris

Wegmans Food Markets

Learn the leadership signals senior leaders evaluate and identify which ones may be quietly shaping your advancement.

Recognize hidden promotion signals.

Understand the true meaning behind vague feedback and what to do next.

Decode vague promotion feedback.

Leave with one practical behavior you can apply immediately to build greater confidence with senior leaders.

Strengthen one leadership signal

Learn actionable specific standards by which senior leaders are selected and how to manage your promotion process to show you meet them. 

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led 800+

Amazon

Ethan Evans

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

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WHAT TO EXPECT:14.5+ total hours of content: 5.5hrs of core lecture material recordings, 4hrs of specialized bonus recordings for self-learning, and 5hrs of live sessions (Q&amp;A, implementation advice, peer networking). All recorded so you can catch up and revisit (see "Syllabus" for release schedule).Scope, team size, and consistent high-impact results are important...But are not enough. I will teach you specific actionable steps on how to prioritize the things that matter to executives.***Limited to 60 seats.MANY ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES:<ul><li>“Two years after first reaching out to you and taking your course, I was promoted to Director at NVIDIA.I think the ROI was something like 200,000%.” — Promoted to Director at NVIDIA</li><li>“I give so much credit to the Level Up: Breaking through to the Executive course and getting a front seat to Ethan's coaching and wisdom.” — Promoted to Director</li><li>“What was key was that I actively participated in the live course AND followed through with some participants afterwards to talk shop and build relationships.” — New FAANG Role</li></ul>

Earn the Promotion: Build the Scope, Trust, and Influence Senior Leaders Need

The Standards of Executive Performance: Your Personal Performance

The Standards of Executive Performance: Your Team Performance

The Standards of Executive Performance: Your Company Performance

Great Executive Performance (additional content)

Manage Your Promotion Process to Win

Bonus Content from Executives & Alumni

Ambitious Managers, Senior Managers, and ICs from all disciplines at startups and large companies who want to break into senior leadership.

Those managing groups, managers of managers, including Amazon and Google L6/L7, Meta M2, and Microsoft 66/67.

Highly applicable to Individual Contributors (ICs) — many alumni are ICs (e.g. product, eng, ops, design, analytics, mkt, sales, program).

Use AI to make you irreplaceable. Build a system that works every time with prompts, skills, playbooks, and more.

Chief Product Officer, Executive Coach

McKinsey & Company

Instagram

Thumbtack

Harvard University

Yue Zhao

Chief Product & Technology Officer, Executive Coach, Writer

Jun26

Sept26

★★★★½ from students at Google, Anthropic, Stripe, Amazon, OpenAI, Twilio, Fidelity, and more. Want a sneak peek? Try a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://practice.theuncommonexecutive.com/">free AI exercise</a> that helps you with non-verbal presence from the course: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://practice.theuncommonexecutive.com/">https://practice.theuncommonexecutive.com/</a> _______<h4>You're a high performer. So why aren't you being treated like one?</h4>You deliver results. You get strong reviews. But in the meetings that matter, with the executives who matter, you're talked over, passed over, or simply not in the room.This is not about doing more work. It's how you show up.This course teaches you to use AI as a strategic partner who knows your stakeholders, your communication gaps, and your political landscape, and helps you navigate all of it.You'll learn the frameworks that experienced leaders use to command rooms, land ideas, and build the relationships that drive decisions. Then you'll build those frameworks directly into your AI so the next time you prep for a high-stakes meeting, draft an executive update, or map a tricky stakeholder, you have a prepared strategic partner already on your side.No coding. No intimidating connectors or API calls. Simple prompts and playbooks for your AI that transform how you show up.

Get heard. Get credited. Get promoted. With AI as your secret weapon.

Show up differently in every room you walk into

Say more with less

Walk into any high-stakes conversation fully prepped

Build the relationships that actually drive decisions

Become someone executives trust and sponsor

You're a Senior Manager, Director, or Principal IC at a tech company with 4+ years of experience

You do great work but aren't getting the recognition or promotion. You feel talked over in meetings or passed over for key opportunities.

You want AI to help you think and navigate, to be your strategic partners and secret weapon in corporate politics.

Upgrade your executive presence. Communicate like a leader. Influence outcomes that get you seen, heard, and promoted.

Product & Strategy Exec @LinkedIn @PwC

LinkedIn

Harvard Business Review

Joselle Deocampo-Gautam

Product & AI Strategy @LinkedIn, PwC, Deloitte. Executive coach & advisor

Marketing Executive, Brand Builder

LendingClub

Amber Carroll

Marketing Executive | Digital Transformation Leader | Brand Builder

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If you want to lead, your communication has to reflect it.Everyone is learning AI. Few are learning the skill that actually differentiates leaders and gets them promoted.AI can build your decks.It can analyze your data.However, AI can't✖️ Give you executive presence✖️ Command respect in a high-stakes meeting ✖️Navigate politics in real time ✖️ Maneuver at executive altitude in real-timeThese are all on you.If you’ve ever walked out of a meeting thinking “I had the right ideas, but I didn’t land them”, then you know exactly what we mean.The higher you rise, the less it’s about what you know or how fast you deliver.What sets you apart is the ability to communicate ideas so clearly they move people, and so decisively they deliver outcomes.That’s the gap this course will help you close. In three live sessions and daily exercises, you’ll build the communication habits and strategic frameworks leaders use to earn trust, shape decisions, and drive outcomes.

AI levels the field. Executive Communication sets you apart. Learn it here.

Upgrade your executive presence

Communicate like a Leader

Be recognized as a Top 1% Leader

Navigate with Influence 

Lead with a story

Practice real scenarios

Strategic Operators Ready to LeadYou’re the one who gets it done. Now you want your voice to shape direction not just execute the work.

Emerging Executives at an Inflection PointYou’ve stepped into a bigger seat or you’re about to. Show up with presence and distinction.

High Achieving Professionals in TransitionYou’re not just job-seeking, you’re ready to lead. Sharpen how you show up &amp; land your next role.

You'll get your recommendations approved, hold your own in senior rooms, and build a case that puts you on the promotion track.

Fortune 500 coach to 5,000+ women

Shivani Berry

Coached 5,000+ women at Fortune 500 to get buy-in, get visible, and rise.

August 3rd - 10th

August 24th to October 2nd, 2026

NOTE: THE COHORT IS SELF-PACED AND FULLY ASYNCHRONOUS. You'll get access to all the recorded content, plug-and-play tools, and bonuses on day one, and you work through it at whatever pace fits your life.There are optional office hours where Shivani will coach you on your specific challenges.--Doing the work well is the part of your job AI is already taking over. Getting people to support your idea and seek your input is the part it can't. Influence is the job now, and it's what your next promotion or growth opportunity gets decided on.You get told to "be more strategic" or "build executive presence," and no one tells you what to actually do differently in your next meeting.Leverage the course to nail your next critical meeting. You'll apply the tools directly to your work challenges.5,000+ high-performing women from top companies including Google, Anthropic, and Salesforce have used the tools to:<ul><li>Confidently win over difficult stakeholders (especially dominant personalities)</li><li>Land promotions and raises</li><li>Get buy-in on their ideas in last-minute meetings</li><li>Strategically communicate ad hoc feedback in Slack</li></ul>Companies have reported their participants get promoted 3.7x faster than their peers.

Get buy-in. Get promoted. Be leadership's go-to.

Get your recommendation approved the first time you present it

Speak up in the exec room instead of replaying it in the car

Win over the stakeholder who shuts you down

Be seen as a leader, not the person who executes

Say the hard thing without paying for it later

Build the case that puts you on the promotion track

ICs in engineering, product, marketing, sales, etc. Minimum 3+ years of experience.

Managers. You have direct reports/dotted-line reports, or have to get buy-in cross-functionally without formal authority.

High-potential women with a review or promotion cycle coming up who want to ensure they don't miss another cycle or growth opportunity.

Agentic AI

Coding with AI

AI Workflows

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Vibe Coding

AI Evals

AI Transformation

RAG & Search

AI for PMs

AI for Engineers

AI for Designers

AI for Marketers

AI for Founders

Product Sense

Product Discovery

User Research

Prototyping

Growth

Analytics

Tech Foundations

Strategy

Influence

Leadership

Career Growth

Machine Learning

LLM Ops

Context Eng

Security

System Design

Figma

Design Systems

Visual Design

Design Strategy

Automation

Content Marketing

Demand Gen

Go-to-Market

Product Marketing

Positioning

Social Media

Brand

B2B Marketing

SEO & AEO

AI for Leaders

AI Governance

Communication

Management

People Operations

Exec Presence

Storytelling

Goal-setting

Personal Brand

Fundraising

Everyone

Operators

Data Scientists

Business Analysts

User Researchers

Customer Success

Project Managers

HR Professionals

Sales People

Lawyers

Finance

Investors

Real Estate

Educators

Creators

Accelerate Your Career

Welcome and Participant Introductions

Assessing Career Levels and Ambitions

Speaker's Background and Career Trajectory

Target Audience and Common Career Struggles

Myths About Promotion and Enduring Skills

Strategic Visibility and Managing Perceptions

The Three Pillars of Executive Presence

Practical Examples of Outcome-Based Communication

Analyzing Career Goals and Role Dwell Time

Decoding Vague Feedback and The 4 Rs Framework

Addressing Perception Issues and Key Takeaways

Q&A Session: Navigating Workplace Dynamics

Broad professional audience — content relevant across many roles and functions.

Getting promoted, navigating job transitions, and advancing to the next level in your career.

Developing leadership skills — inspiring teams, building culture, navigating organizational complexity, and driving results through others.

The Hidden Dynamics Behind Getting Promoted

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April Little