Afternoon Skill Building Session: Managing Up

How can you help your leader help you? Great managers want to support their teams, but sometimes barriers get in the way—they may lack insight into your challenges, struggle to connect, or need stronger leadership skills themselves.

That's where Managing Up becomes a game changer. It's about stepping into a proactive role—helping your manager succeed by sharing key information, prioritizing effectively, and building trust. When you manage up well, you don't just improve your leader's effectiveness—you boost your entire team and open doors for your own growth.  

At Propel, our interactive afternoon session, Managing Up, will empower you to:

• Identify and overcome challenges that limit manager support
• Learn actionable strategies for managing up
• Discover how effective management drives team success and career progress

Managing Up builds on the self-awareness from our morning session, Understanding Your Leadership Strengths—one of five impactful sessions featured at Propel. The day concludes with our final session—Elevate Your Brand: Strategic Presence for Career Growth, led by Michele Malski of SPRING. This energizing close will help you sharpen your presence and own your career path. 

Propel takes place Monday, October 6, 2025, at Convene in downtown Chicago, offering an immersive day of insight, action, and growth in the rail industry. Elevate Your Brand is the final session to be revealed, with more details coming soon!