Managing Your Manager: How to Deliver Value AND Extract It

Hosted by Sudha Ranganathan

165 students

In this video

What you'll learn

Deliver Indispensable Value to Your Manager

There's a gap between what's asked and what's needed. Learn to close it.

Extract Value Most Leaders Leave on the Table

Your manager has context and access you're not using. Learn how to activate them as your strategic asset.

Diagnose Where You're Leaving Value on the Table

A quick diagnostic to pinpoint where you're leaving value on the table and action plan accordingly.

Why this topic matters

Most leaders treat their manager relationship as something to survive — keep them happy, avoid surprises, don't be a problem. But that's playing defense. Your manager has context, access, and leverage you'll never have. The leaders who accelerate fastest aren't just delivering value — they're extracting it. This session shows you how to do both — and diagnose where to start.

You'll learn from

Sudha Ranganathan

18+ years leading teams (and managing managers) at P&G and LinkedIn

I don't just teach managing up — I've spent 18+ years doing it across very different bosses, organizational cultures, and business contexts.

My experience:

18+ years navigating manager relationships at P&G and LinkedIn — from first-time managers to senior executives, across different leadership styles and expectations

What makes me different:

I've spent 7+ years codifying what actually works in the manager relationship and turning those insights into practical, actionable frameworks through workshops and coaching

I combine Fortune 100 experience navigating organizational complexity with formal coaching training from CTI. Many instructors have one or the other. I have both.