Employee Advocacy: Fighting For Your Team

Learning objectives

• Define Employee Advocacy in a Leadership Context: Differentiate between protecting, rescuing, and advocating for employees-and explain how effective advocacy strengthens performance, engagement, and organizational impact.
• Advocate Upward for Resources and Fair Conditions: Develop strategies to make a compelling case to senior leadership for the time, tools, staffing, and workload balance their team needs to succeed.
• Stand Up for Team Members in Challenging Situations: Demonstrate how to address cross-functional conflict, push back against unreasonable demands, handle difficult customers, and take appropriate accountability when mistakes occur.
• Balance Advocacy with Accountability: Apply leadership behaviors that support employees while maintaining performance standards, ownership, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Champion Employees' Long-Term Success: Actively promote team members' accomplishments, advocate for promotions and growth opportunities, and position employees for future advancement within the organization.

Course overview