Salary Negotiations Made Simple Building your Executive Presence - Strategies to Fast-Track your Promotion with April Little, Communication Coach
Nov 15, 2024
April Little, an executive career coach with ~15 years in HR and recruiting who helps women build executive presence. She discusses choosing high-visibility projects, creating a strategic “cabinet” of sponsors and mentors, navigating male-dominated spaces, and framing value for promotions and compensation conversations.
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Strategy Trumps More Credentials
- Promotion often requires strategic clarity, not more credentials or hours.
- Master communication and skills identification to own your path to executive roles.
Work On The Right Things, Not More Hours
- Delegate functional work and clone excellence into your team to free time for visible leadership.
- Build succession and development so you can work less on tasks and more on strategy.
Build Systems To Avoid Micromanaging
- Create reporting systems so you don't need to micromanage to answer leadership.
- Mandate clear notes and SOPs so you can protect yourself without doing every task.
