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MANAGER, SPONSORS AND VISIBILITY

Build professional capital through useful work.

Understand your manager’s scoreboard, develop credible witnesses and create visibility without turning development into self promotion.

Private career workspace. Your relationship map is private. It records the professional support around your work without publishing personal ratings or comments about another person.

Module completion0 of 5

Complete each section of the module

Manager alignmentNot established

Updated from your selections

Professional witnesses0 identified

Built from available evidence

Sponsorship positionNot established

Clarified through this module

Different relationships do different jobs

A manager allocates work. A mentor improves thinking. A witness can verify performance. A sponsor uses credibility to create access.

Working career tool
Manager

Clarifies expectations and allocates work.

Mentor

Improves judgement through advice.

Witness

Can credibly verify what you have done.

Sponsor

Creates access by lending credibility.

01Your manager’s scoreboardUnderstand what your manager is accountable for and how your work affects it.Not complete

What pressures are most important to your manager?

How aligned is your work with that scoreboard?

Not assessedInconsistentReliable

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02Your professional witnessesBuild evidence that does not depend on one manager relationship.Not complete

Who has directly observed consequential work?

Not mappedLimited observationStrong witness

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03Mentoring and sponsorshipIdentify whether advice and access come from the same or different people.Not complete

What support is currently available?

Not mappedPossibleEstablished

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04Visibility through contributionChoose the work that should create the next credible observation.Not complete

Which work can create useful visibility?

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05Your 30 day relationship planTurn the map into three useful conversations or assignments.Not complete

Define the next actions.

Complete this section to strengthen the final output.

RELATIONSHIP PLAN

Complete the five sections to prepare the output

Your working conclusion and practical actions will appear here.

Awaiting inputs
Working conclusionThe result will use your current context, selections and evidence rather than generic career advice.
Strongest positionNot identified
Priority gap or conditionNot identified

Recommended actions

  1. Complete the module to generate actions.