You earned the promotion. Now let’s make sure the right people know it.
The Promotion Primer. A free behavioral guide for STEM directors ready to close the gap between their performance and their perceived readiness.
Most STEM directors do the work. They deliver the results. They wait. What they rarely do is have the precise, strategically framed conversation with their direct manager that makes their readiness for the next level impossible to overlook.
Not because they are not ready. Because nobody has given them the exact language to have that conversation with confidence, clarity, and without sounding like they are simply asking for a favor.
The Promotion Primer closes that gap.
The Promotion Primer — Free Download
No fluff. No theory. Just a precise, actionable guide for the STEM director who is ready to stop waiting and start engineering their path to the executive table.
What is The Promotion Primer?
The Promotion Primer is a free PDF download designed specifically for STEM directors and senior managers in Fortune 1000 organizations.
It gives you a clear, structured framework for the single most important conversation you will have before your next performance review. The conversation with your direct manager about your path to the next level.
Inside you will find:
The three things your direct manager needs to hear before they will advocate for your promotion, and how to say them without sounding like you’re lobbying for yourself.
The specific language that shifts the conversation from ‘I want a promotion’ to ‘I’m already operating at the next level.’
The behavioral signals your manager is looking for and how to demonstrate them before the review cycle begins.
A simple pre-recorded preparation framework drawn from The Executive Impact Code™ — the same system used inside Fortune 1000 Biotech, Pharma, Tech, and Management Consulting firms.
Who is this for?
The Promotion Primer was built for you if:
You are a Senior Manager or Director in a STEM organization: Biotech, Pharma, Medical Devices, Technology, or Management Consulting.
You are delivering results that should speak for themselves, except they are not.
You have a performance review approaching and want to walk in prepared, not just present.
You are ready to close the gap between your technical excellence and your perceived readiness for the next level.
Sharon is excellent at reading someone and understanding their areas of improvement.
“She’s open and honest about feedback. I participated in the UCLA Women's leadership course which was good but this was much, much better.”
— Emily, Biotech
What Happens After You Download?
The Promotion Primer is your first step. Once you have mapped out your conversation, two paths are available if you want to go further:
The Prime for Promotion™ Strategic Briefing
A free 60-minute on-demand briefing covering the full 4-step Executive Impact Code™ framework from invisible to promotable.
The Live Strategic Briefing
Join Sharon Leckie live every Wednesday at 12 pm EDT for a real-time, interactive session where you can get your specific questions answered.
About Sharon Leckie
Sharon Leckie is a Leadership Strategist for Fortune 1000 STEM organizations with 40,225+ hours of conversation at the VP and C-Suite level. She is the originator of The Executive Impact Code™ and the founder of VISKA Group.
72% of her executive coaching clients are promoted within 12 months. 96% of program participants undergo externally validated transformation.
She knows what decision-makers say behind closed doors when they are deciding who gets the next role. The Promotion Primer is built from that knowledge.
The gap between your performance and your promotion is not about working harder.
It’s about one precise, well-prepared conversation. Download The Promotion Primer now—a free PDF guide for STEM directors on how to have the promotion conversation with your direct manager.