Job Assignment

You have your sights set on a promotion sometime in the next year, so you would love to manage a challenging new project and get some more diverse experience under your belt.

Salary Increase

You’re a top performer and you have the data to back up your claims. You know times have been tough lately, but even a modest increase of something like 2% would be a welcome acknowledgment of your stellar contributions.

Leadership Opportunity

Even though you don’t have your own direct reports yet, you’d like to someday. The leadership cycle for your organization’s Employee Resource Groups is about to turn over, so you are looking for support from your manager to apply.

There’s a professional association you would like to join, but the dues are more than you can pay out of pocket. You know it would be an amazing networking opportunity, so you’re hoping there might be some budget to cover the fees.