The Art of Managing Up Masterclass
Equip your managers and professionals with practical frameworks to communicate with executive clarity, gain buy-in, and execute with greater alignment across your organization.
Every organization has good ideas.
The challenge isn't generating them.
It's helping leaders communicate those ideas in ways executives quickly understand, support, and champion.
When communication breaks down, organizations experience:
• Slow decision-making
• Misaligned priorities
• Lost innovation
• Cross-functional friction
• Great ideas that never move beyond meetings
The Art of Managing Up Masterclass equips leaders with practical communication frameworks that improve alignment, increase influence, and accelerate execution across leadership levels.
What Changes After the Masterclass
After participating in The Art of Managing Up Masterclass, your leaders will consistently be better equipped to:
Build stronger relationships with leadership by better understanding executive priorities, expectations, and communication preferences.
Communicate recommendations with executive clarity so leaders quickly understand the point and required action.
Connect ideas to organizational priorities so leaders see the business value, not just departmental needs.
Gain stronger executive buy-in by presenting ideas the way decision-makers evaluate and approve them.
Build greater trust and credibility across leadership levels through more strategic communication.
Navigate organizational dynamics with confidence while maintaining trust, professionalism, and influence.
Think beyond functional silos and contribute with a broader organizational perspective.
Take greater ownership and initiative instead of waiting for direction or escalating every challenge.
Influence without relying on formal authority by communicating strategically and building credibility over time.
Program Overview
Format: Virtual or in-person| Duration:4-hour interactive masterclass | Delivery: Facilitated discussion, practical exercises, and real-world application
The masterclass can be customized to reflect your organization’s priorities, leadership challenges, and audience.
The Art of Managing Up Assessment
Digital Participant Workbook
Practical Leadership Application Exercises
Copy of The Art of Managing Up
What Leaders Are Saying
We brought Nejat in to deliver The Art of Managing Up masterclass for our team at Tinova, and she shared a mindset I want every member of my team to adopt: Become the CEO of your own career. As a leader, I do not only need people who can complete tasks. I need people who can think with me, communicate clearly, update me before I ask, and help me see what happens inside the work. To me, managing up is a leadership skill from the employee side. I highly recommend The Art of Managing Up to any leader looking to build a more proactive, aligned, and high-performing team.
Who This Masterclass Is For
Designed for professionals who want to strengthen influence, communication, and leadership effectiveness across organizations.
Managers & Emerging Leaders: Professionals who want to strengthen communication with leadership, build credibility, and lead with greater confidence and strategic awareness.
Mid-Level Leaders & High Potentials: Leaders seeking to increase influence, improve alignment across teams, and communicate ideas more effectively within complex organizations.
Cross-Functional & Project Leaders: Professionals who need to influence without formal authority, navigate competing priorities, and drive initiatives forward across teams and leadership levels.
Why Organizations Choose This Masterclass
Organizations partner with N-BAC to help teams:
Strengthen communication across leadership levels
Improve organizational alignment and collaboration
Increase initiative and ownership
Develop strategic thinking and executive presence
Improve cross-functional influence
Build emotionally intelligent leadership capability
The result is a team that works more cohesively, moves faster, and delivers more consistent outcomes.
Organizations Where N-BAC Has Delivered Leadership Development
Delivered programs across enterprise, government, and nonprofit teams (on-site & virtual).
What Leaders Are Saying
Nejat did a great job of sharing tools you can use to level up yourself as a leader. The value provided in the course is worth a lot more than what is being charged.
I enjoyed the Embark training with Nejat! The emotional intelligence tools are valuable to all leaders to put in practice. I really enjoyed the DiSC and EIQ portions which was a great opportunity to be introspective
The amount of knowledge in this course if for new and existing leaders. A great way to start building your leadership skills and a great reminder for existing leadership that have the will to continue improving
Very useful and beneficial from a management perspective. Will be utilizing these tools in my day-to-day iA.
Nejat was a fantastic course instructor, the course helped me reflect and gain a deeper understanding of what good leadership is about. Highly recommend it.
Informative and empowering. I enjoyed the real world scenarios where we were able to apply the tools we were learning in real time. The space felt safe and engaging.
The Embark Leadership Development program is excellent! I used to spend a lot of time solving problems and fire-fighting. The lesson on coaching and the tips to make one-on-one meetings effective were game changers for me. I can now focus on strategic work to grow my business. I highly recommend this program!
Great live sessions with so much learning that you can reflect on and apply little changes to your behavior immediately! The lessons on Leadership Mindset and Managing-Up can be career game changers! 10/10 recommend this leadership development program to managers!
Nejat does an awesome job at keeping the audience engaged and gives great feedback during discussions, problem solving exercises and role play activities. I really enjoyed the classes I took!
Nejat is an experienced leader and an engaging trainer. I enjoyed taking the Embark Leadership Development Program. My most favorite lesson is the one on Effective Feedback because this is the area I find challenging as a leader. I highly benefited from this program and highly recommend it."
The Embark Leadership Development Program was an excellent program! All of the lessons were highly beneficial and provided information that you can immediately apply in your career. Nejat is very knowledgeable and provided helpful tips to my personal career situation that I used and benefited from.
The Art of Managing Up Private Masterclass was one of the best training sessions that I have had all year! The level of interaction was great and really helped to facilitate the learning. It was also a smaller group so it was nice to be able to interact and engage with everyone.
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