Why Relationships are King (or Queen) to Promotions and What Minorities Often Get Wrong

Promotions are all about relationships. Director to VP+ promotions often don't happen because of perception or mishandling relationships with your peers.

(Teddy the Corgi; Yosemite National Park, USA)

Early in my career, I was focused on learning the hard skills of my job. I built financial models, wrote product requirements documents, and helped synthesize customer feedback and research. Some functions like engineering or data science require deep functional expertise that originates in school. However, …