3 Common Reasons Your Manager Will Fail You During Promotions And How To Have A Back Up Plan

Promotions at the senior levels are as much about relationships and perception as it is about performance. Invest the time to advocacy outside your management chain.

In school, we are taught that if we do the work, we get good grades and are “promoted” to the next grade. When we enter the workforce, we deliver what our managers ask us to do and after 18-24 months, we get a promotion. And so on. But one day, five to eight years into your career, you find yourself doing an increasing amount of work, delivering value a…