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Some companies have regular, scheduled skip-level meetings that offer employees exposure to upper management. I have a few clients where that is the norm, but far more of my clients seldom have this opportunity. If you don’t have scheduled skip-level meetings, there are still ways to make yourself known to your boss’s boss. Melissa Rafoni’s article in Harvard Business Review outlines 10 of them. Her suggestions are a good reminder of the things you should do anyway and she couples them with ideas on how to put these 10 things into practice.

If you are dissatisfied with this aspect of your work, it can color how much you enjoy your career. One of my clients was unhappy at work, but upon reflection, he recognized that his complaints were centered on value misalignment. Now instead of looking for a new job, he is working with his employer to bring his values into his job.