Leah
Ruehlicke
VP, Creators & Community at Skillshare
"Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it"
"Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it"
Thu May 14 - 10:20 AM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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05/14/2026 10:20 AM
05/14/2026 10:30 AM
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"Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it"
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"Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it"
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"Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it"
"Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it"
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Session: Getting buy-in is the real career unlock - and most leaders are never taught how to get it
To be an effective leader, getting buy-in is the job. You need it from your team, your peers, and your leadership - and if even one of those is missing, growth stalls. If you have buy-in from below but not above, your team is blocked. If you have buy-in from above but not below, you won’t sustain impact. Yet this reality is rarely addressed in management training - especially for women, who are often expected to be both endlessly empathetic and immediately credible.The mistake most leaders make is assuming buy-in looks the same everywhere. It doesn’t.
- From your team: buy-in comes from vulnerability and trust
- From your peers: buy-in comes from being a true thought partner
- From leadership: buy-in comes from speaking the language of metrics, tradeoffs, and money
High-impact leaders need to know how to shift between these modes - without losing their own voice along the way.
The goal of this session is simple: give attendees a clear, practical framework for earning buy-in at every level - and show how mastering this skill is a key step in meaningful career growth and influence.
Key Takeaways
- how to build trust with your reports
- how to be a strategic thought partner to your peers and cross-functional stakeholders
- how to manage up effectively and align updates to business metrics
Bio
Leah is the VP of Creators at Skillshare. For the past 9 years Leah has built UGC content strategies across Entertainment Tech and EdTech, and led high-performing, creator-facing teams through acquisitions, restructures, and opportunities. She’s deeply passionate about the creator economy, creating a culture that blends curiosity with efficiency, and potato chips.