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Managing Up: Influencing Your Manager

Leadership · Advanced · 250 XP

A senior manager disagrees with a strategic decision taken by their CEO and believes a different approach would deliver better results. The user must plan a managing-up conversation that presents the alternative persuasively without undermining the relationship or appearing insubordinate.

Write the prompt you would give any AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot) to solve this real workplace scenario. Grace evaluates it in seconds across 7 dimensions: Role, Context, Objective, Constraints, Format, Audience, Efficiency, with a 0-100 score and coaching feedback. 5 free evaluations a day, counted on your account when you are signed in.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the "Managing Up: Influencing Your Manager" scenario on Grace?

A senior manager disagrees with a strategic decision taken by their CEO and believes a different approach would deliver better results. It is an advanced-level Leadership training scenario: you write the prompt you would give an AI to handle this situation, and Grace scores it from 0 to 100 with coaching feedback.

How is my prompt evaluated on "Managing Up: Influencing Your Manager"?

Grace analyses your prompt across 7 dimensions (Role, Context, Objective, Constraints, Format, Audience and Efficiency) and returns a 0-100 score, a percentile against other players and specific coaching feedback in about 10 seconds.

How many XP is "Managing Up: Influencing Your Manager" worth?

Completing this advanced scenario earns up to 250 XP. XP accumulates towards your level on Grace and unlocks badges and the certification exam.

Do I need to pay to try this scenario?

No card needed: the free daily evaluations described above cover it, and only extra attempts beyond that cost 1 credit each. That is enough to attempt "Managing Up: Influencing Your Manager", read the feedback and retry with a stronger prompt.

Which AI tools does this scenario work with?

All of them. You train the prompt, and a great prompt works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Mistral or any model your company uses: the 7 dimensions are model-independent.

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