Help users systematically document their impact, identify skill gaps, and collaborate with their managers to secure a promotion by proving they are already operating at the next level.
building-a-promotion-case is a career-coaching skill that helps users systematically document their professional impact and build a data-backed argument for a promotion. It solves the common problem of scrambling for evidence during review season by proving the user is already operating at the next level, drawing on insights from six guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.
The skill guides users through four steps: inventorying impact and mapping wins to business growth metrics, gap analysis against both formal career ladders and unwritten rewarded behaviors, strategic alignment via a scripted 1:1 conversation to explicitly state ambitions and align on a timeline, and packaging proof (screenshots, metrics, testimonials) into a structured document that champions can use in calibration. It is grounded in named principles — perform the role before you have it, state ambitions explicitly, capture proof in real time, decode rewarded behaviors, and address specific behavioral gaps — each tied to a source quote. It also supplies templates and frameworks such as a Brag Document/Accomplishments Log, a Career Gap Action Plan spreadsheet, a 5-step process to close skill gaps, a champion-enablement checklist, and a career-growth conversation script.
It targets individual contributors and managers — particularly product managers — seeking a promotion, plus anyone wanting a durable record of their accomplishments for reviews, interviews, or layoff preparedness. It is a curated advice/knowledge skill built from podcast and newsletter content rather than a tool that executes code.
A structured, data-backed promotion case: an inventory of wins mapped to business metrics, a gap analysis against your career ladder, a 1:1 conversation script, and a proof package your champions can use in calibration.
A Brag Document/Accomplishments Log, a Career Gap Action Plan spreadsheet, a 5-step skill-gap process, a 'give your champion ammo' checklist, a Wins Folder, and a career-growth conversation script, each drawn from a named source.
Individual contributors and aspiring managers seeking a promotion — with particularly product-management-oriented guidance — as well as anyone wanting a running impact log for reviews, interviews, or layoff preparedness.
It synthesizes 16 insights from 6 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter, including contributors such as Christian Idiodi, Jackie Bavaro, Julie Zhuo, and Lenny Rachitsky, with direct source quotes.
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