Get Credit for Your Behind-the-Scenes Work

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Get Credit for Your Behind-the-Scenes Work

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Outstanding: Get the Ratings, Recognition & Sponsorship You Deserve

Chaitali Narla

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Thu, Jun 26, 2025

7:30 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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Outstanding: Get the Ratings, Recognition & Sponsorship You Deserve

Chaitali Narla

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What you'll learn

Identify high-impact support work

Learn to recognize which behind-the-scenes tasks build your reputation vs. drain your time.

Document your invisible contributions

Create a system to track and articulate business impact.

AI-powered self-advocacy

Use specific AI prompts to transform daily tasks into compelling promotion narratives.

Why this topic matters

Most of us working in large companies have encountered Glue Work. The more senior you are (or aspire to be) the more Glue Work you will encounter. Conventional wisdom says to run away from it or limit the amount of such work you do. I have a different take - you can leverage Glue Work as a Career Catalyst but only if you make the impact visible!

You'll learn from

Chaitali Narla

CTO; x-Google Director | Career Coach

I am an engineering executive with 15+ years of experience at Google and Stripe. I grew my own career from internship to directorship with 5 promotions in 10 years at Google. I also got Superb and Outstanding ratings for most of my time at Google.

I truly believe that setting yourself apart with bold strategies is the way to have an accelerated career in a competitive landscape. I now coach leaders from top tech companies to be outstanding.

I have given multiple talks (Women TechMakers, Ethan Evans Level Up Community) and written guest posts (Google Blog, High Growth Engineer, Path To Staff) on many of my unusual career growth strategies.