Outer HarborCareer mentorship with David Bolz
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Professional development

Start building the case
for the promotion you’ve earned.

A program for high performers who aren’t moving up: your worth named, your credentials turned into a story your leaders can’t ignore, and a plan for the next level, with David beside you until you get there.

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What I solve for you.

An illustrated office: one person head-down in a stack of files while a colleague across the room is congratulated

Being the reliable one for years, and watching the promotion go to someone else.

An illustrated presenter at a whiteboard while a manager at the back looks at a phone

Taking on the bigger work every time it’s offered, and never getting the title or the pay to match.

An illustrated performance review: a manager gives a thumbs up while the employee holds an empty notepad

Reviews that say “keep it up” and never say what’s actually between you and the next title.

The work was never the problem. Promotions go to the people whose case gets made. This program builds yours with you, then walks you through it until the title and the pay follow.

What you get

Everything the promotion actually takes, done with you.

  • One session a week
  • A text away between sessions
  • Until the promotion lands
01

Understand why you’re worth more

Your credentials and results, read from the side that decides, so you see your actual worth.

02

The blueprint for moving up

Whether it’s your first promotion or a leadership role, the steps the people who decide are looking for.

03

A story your leaders can’t ignore

Your work turned into the story that gets told in the rooms where promotions get decided.

04

Strengths you can name

Named, built on, and put in front of the right people.

05

The conversation with your manager

What to ask for, when, and how, rehearsed with someone who has sat on the other side of it.

06

Paid for the value you provide

The number, the timing, and the ask, so the pay follows the title.

Tell David where he can help
  • 30+ years in HR
  • Senior HR Business Partner
  • On the hiring side of the desk
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Lincoln Financial
  • BlackRock
  • Commonwealth Edison
  • Delaware North
  • Been through a layoff himself

The mentor behind the program

He advised the leaders making the call. Now he guides you to the next level.

David was the HR partner to the leaders making the promotion calls, at every level. He knows what they look for, and he walks you through building it.

Approximately

980

promotions he was in the room for, analyst to SVP

Coached and mentored nearly

1,350

leaders

Over

1,000

employees certified through the project management program he built

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What it costs

$450/ month

for four months

  • First month discounted
  • Promotion plan, step by step
  • Your results written up for the people who decide
  • Script for the talk with your manager
  • Your raise ask: the number and the timing
  • Pause or stop any month
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The promise

  • Your case for promotion is written up for the people who decide.
  • You walk into the talk with your manager knowing what to say and what number to ask for.
  • David stays with you every week until the title follows.
Tell David where he can help

Tell David where
you want to go.

Choose your program and share a little about yourself. David reads each application personally so the conversation starts with you.

Program: Professional development

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The questions
people ask about this program.

01

I get good reviews but keep getting passed over for promotion. Why?

Because the work is only half of it. Promotions get decided in rooms you’re not in, by leaders like the ones I advised for 30 years. We find out what’s actually between you and the next title, write your results up so the people who decide can see them, and rehearse the talk with your manager until you can ask for it directly.

02

Will you talk to my manager?

No. You will, and you’ll walk in ready. We rehearse the conversation, the ask, and the number until it sounds like you.

03

Can you help me get ready for my performance review?

Yes. Your review is one of the best chances to make your case. We gather your results, write them up for the people who decide, and rehearse the conversation so you walk in knowing what to say and what to ask for.

04

How long does it take?

Four months, one session a week of about an hour, and I’m a text away between them. When the promotion lands, the payments stop, though I recommend staying on while you settle into the new position, so what got you there keeps working.

05

I’m aiming for my next title, whether that’s team lead, manager, director, VP, or senior VP. Can you help?

Yes. I was in the room for approximately 980 promotions, from analyst to SVP, as the HR partner to the leaders making the call. We build your case for the next level and make sure the people who decide have seen it.

06

I want to ask for a raise but don’t know how much or when. Can you help?

Yes. We work out the number and the timing, then rehearse the ask until it sounds like you.

07

Does what I tell you stay between us?

Yes. What you tell me stays with me. It never goes to your employer, your network, or anyone else.