Following is the email you can send to your manager to get pre-approval to join the Career Accelerator bootcamp.
Subject: Support needed for my growth
Hi <Your ManagerName here>
I have been looking for ways to invest in myself to become even more effective to deliver better results for our team.
I’d like to sign up for the 4-week career accelerator Bootcamp, with your approval to get the expense reimbursed. This is a hands-on Bootcamp to get better and deliver better results for our team. I like the Bootcamp format because it's hands-on and I will learn by doing and applying lessons to my current work. And l learn to do stuff that has a bigger impact on our team.
The bootcamp is highly rated by past students from Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and more.
Here’s why I think the program is a good fit:
- It’s short (just four weeks) and designed for full-time professionals, so my usual work won’t slip through the cracks.
- I’ll be coached by and learn from an experienced coach, so it’s a great opportunity to benchmark against and learn from the best
- I'll get a personalized career strengthfinder with 360 feedback from my peers.
- I will leave with actionable recommendations to drive growth I’ll develop strategic decision-making frameworks, concepts, and exercises that I can share with our team It’s relatively inexpensive vs. other offerings
I’ll learn from world-class operators and get coaching for a fraction of the cost of other professional development programs. I can also provide a report of my key takeaways and recommendations to share with the rest of the team. Would you approve of reimbursement for this expense($449)? Let me know what you think.
Best,
[Your Name]
P.S: Following are some of the activities covered in the bootcamp that I think will help me stretch and grow.
- I will get a personalized strengths assessment. So that I can identify my strengths and superpowers and apply those to benefit our team. I will get an assessment of my blind spots and how to mitigate them. I will share the assessment with you 1:1.
- Helps overcome imposter syndrome by doing work-related activities that help refine and share my ideas with my team.
- Apply idea generation frameworks so that I can generate and implement ideas to improve our customer experience and team experience.
- Become effective at presenting and influencing.
- Earn trust with my team, my manager, and my stakeholders.
- Assignments to influence my team's tech and business roadmap.
- Assignments to become a better team player and learn to lead without authority and become a positive role model for my team.
FAQ for your(student) reference.
Why will my manager invest in my career?
See this post here - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/krishnakirang_growth-softwareengineering-career-activity-6824722259387789312-aSIm
- It's in your manager's interest to promote you.
Your manager grows when they are able to take on more scope and project. Managers grow when a) their team size is growing or b)when they can deliver more because, the people in their team are growing. In fact, most manager promotions, have a criteria for candidate to have promoted people on their team.
- Good managers take pride in promoting their team faster.
Good managers know that developing their people fast, is how they can build a reputation to attract and retain great talent.
Take aways:
- If your manager themselves does not want to grow, or is lazy, run and find a better manager. You wont grow fast with that manager.
- If #1 is not the case, clear the air with your manager, and find the real gaps and work together to close those gaps. Your manager is the single most important person who has influence on your career growth. And the good part is that your incentives are aligned. The better you partner with your manager, the faster you grow.
