# How to Ask Your (Unsupportive) Manager for Growth Opportunities Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-ask-your-unsupportive-manager-for-growth-opportunities Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-ask-your-unsupportive-manager-for-growth-opportunities.md Podcast: [Harvard Business Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387) Published: 2026-05-16T04:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6573500746.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG6573500746.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-to-ask-your-unsupportive-manager-for-growth-opportunities Duration seconds: 216 ## Resource How to Ask Your (Unsupportive) Manager for Growth Opportunities 29 Apr 2025 --- No support from your manager? You still have options. Learn how to ask for what you want and find people who’ll help you growβ€”on Women at Work from HBR. πŸŽ™οΈ New episodes every other Monday: https://s.hbr.org/48ugTuq ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-to-ask-your-unsupportive-manager-for-growth-opportunities/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-ask-your-unsupportive-manager-for-growth-opportunities.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.