WIB-CT: Getting the Promotion – Positioning Yourself for the Next Step

Ready to ask for the promotion you deserve – without second-guessing yourself? This interactive workshop will give you the tools, language, and strategy to confidently advocate for your next career move. Whether you’re preparing for a formal performance review or an ad hoc one-on-one conversation with your leader, we’ll walk through exactly how to position yourself for success. Together, we’ll develop tailored frameworks you can use to guide the conversation. We leave time for group discussion and Q&A to ensure all questions are answered.

Key takeaways include:

• A customizable script you can use or adapt for your own negotiation
• A better understanding of what leaders are looking for when evaluating readiness for promotion
• Specific language to articulate your value and contributions with confidence
• Real-world examples of how others have successfully advocated for promotions
• Clarity on what to be doing year-round to build your promotion case
• Common mistakes to avoid

Speaker Bio

Sophie Warwick, Co-CEO & Co-Founder of The Thoughtful Co.

Sophie specializes in developing in-house gender equity policies and chairing Employee Resource Groups and advocacy groups. She uses her data analysis expertise from her engineering background to define targets and track growth and retention. In 2018, she co-founded Women in Consulting Engineering (WCE), a non-profit organization that supports and empowers women in engineering. She co-founded The Thoughtful Co. to build more gender-inclusive workplaces, help women advocate for their values, and increase women’s representation at senior levels across all industries.