Why Your Less-Experienced Colleagues Are Promoted Instead of You! 

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One thing I have learned is that if they don't like you, it doesn't matter how hard you work. Office politics is toxic.

It is hard to get promoted when your boss is less competent and afraid you will outshine them!!!

As a Mechanical Engineer, a Minority with a Masters Degree, multiple certifications, and who speaks extremely well (I run a RU-vid channel and regularly speak at church) I got tired of Being passed over for promotions by incompetent coworkers that viewed me as a threat, so I simply started applying for promotions at other rival companies every 3 years and I’ve gotten a significant pay bump and promotion every time. You have to take your career in your own hands , especially if you don’t loook like the C-Suite

I have been working in corporates for over 20 years. I rarely saw a colleague being promoted by merits but over 90% are based on politics, buddies, interests, friendship, game player…etc

The way I have been able to get promotions is by applying to higher level roles in other companies and accepting those new roles and switching companies. I realized that you have to create your own promotion instead of waiting for someone else to promote you.😊

I am degreed, experienced, professional, and friendly, but the reality is the only thing that matters is WHO YOU KNOW, WHO YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH, WHO YOU ARE RELATED TO, AND WHO YOU ARE SLEEPING WITH.

Sometimes you don't move up because you showed you are really good at the job, so they keep you in that position because they know those tasks will get done. They are too lazy to find someone else to replace that job position if they promote you. Also sometimes they are intimidated by your potential, so they purposely keep you away from those at the top.

If you're an introvert it's difficult, especially in the long term, to out-communicate an extrovert. Typically the route to promotion as an introvert is by moving to another company, who will typically judge you based on your experience and what you can demonstrate in an interview. Treat yourself as your own entity, make your own promotion.

Big mistake I made was becoming the go-to-guy fixing everyone's problem in the department. Thought I was a baddy having everyone coming to me for help. Mistake. They got promoted for finishing their projects. In contrast, all I received was verbal gratitude for keeping the department afloat. Strange how that works.

Not some, not half, but EVERYONE I know who has moved up the corporate ladder has told me that the key is relationships. Promotions are 20% technical (know your job) and 80% social (how well you get along with people). People promote people they like. The ability to bond with people will get you promoted. Remember, there is no exam that gets you promoted. People get promoted when someone approves the promotion.

I have a bachelors degree in IT and nine years of experience, and I can tell you communication is the most important thing. If you are an introverted person you’ll go nowhere no matter what is your degree and how much experience you have. This world belongs to the extroverted people, people that have communication skills.

In this age it's not WHAT u know, it's WHO u know

In my work experiences, promotions are given to people who demonstrate strong leadership qualities, and yes, favoritism. The hard, reliable workers, are kept there and taken advantage of by everyone else who doesn’t want to do the work, and are sometimes even passed over for promotions because the leadership wants to keep that employee in that position to continue doing the work they’re reliable for.

I do agree in principle, but the reality is a lot of promotions are based on nepotism and being part of the inner circle etc , positions are literally held for these people. Communication is great, but it's meaningless if the boss is not interested in promoting you.

"Working Harder will never get you what you want" is the best thing anyone ever told me.

Having been in this situation myself. My advice for anyone that is intelligent and has valuable skills is to start your own business based on something you love and be successful because you can make it. It's about mindset. In the past before I valued myself, I didn't think that I could do it but I am moving upwards and I am focusing on being my own boss. Don't tolerate what doesn't serve you, move on and be the best!

This is where it gets frustrating as an introverted person. In society, our efforts and contributions go unnoticed. I’ve dealt with this in corporate America and even left a company for it. It’s like the loud extroverted kid in class that gets rewarded for answering questions right when really he just repeat what you said but said it louder for recognition. It’s hard for me to respect leadership that leads with their emotions and not based on results and data. That’s how most corporate leaders are unfortunately. I just need to start my own company.

You can become a victim of your own success. As a highly competent worker you will get asked to do more and more to the point that it negatively effects your health. Don't let this happen to you. The company will happily burn you out and dump you for another candidate who's a diligent worker and do the same to them. Balance is very important.

Easiest way to get a promotion is to move companies. Don’t be scared just do it. Experience at multiple companies teaches you so much. People who stay at the same company for years do not have the same breadth of industry experience

Being very good at your job is not enough to move up. Having powerful mentors and being friends with the connected in an organization is more important. Powerful officials promote those they know and like.

I am a health worker worker with 24 years experience in my field. I’ve been with the same company for a little over 11 years. Recently a supervisor position became available and one of my coworkers with the same years of experience applied for the position and was turned down. The position was given a someone I trained, he started with the company less than a year ago and this is his FIRST JOB as a health care worker. So here’s someone a 25 year old, remember I’ve been doing this for 24 years, and 11+ years with the company and a higher degree . He was given the position and is currently earning more money than my coworker who applied for the position as well as myself. Although I did not apply for the position it made me realize that it is time to move on. The long hours at the hospital is taking a toll on me, I am hoping to get a job working from home and with better pay.

I taught business managers from all over the world for nearly 30 years. Out of the hundreds I taught no more than a handful impressed me as being more than mediocre or even pretty bad. A large number of them were toxic individuals and many were petty-minded. Only a handful showed true leadership and management skills. The truth is that people get ahead for the wrong reasons. They are selected for being bossy self-promoters or yes-men, though it helps to be tall if you're a man and good-looking if you're a woman. Psychopaths are grossly over-represented in management (a little internet search will give you the evidence for this). Companies would probably be best advised to select managers randomly - perhaps even giving people management positions on rotation.

Make sure you want to become a manager in the first place. Nothing wrong with being a highly skilled implementer: you're the guy who keeps everything working. Just make sure you're getting compensated for your skills, and if you aren't, start looking elsewhere. A company that pays handsomely its managers, but not its superstar workers is not one you want to be in.

In the institute where I earned my MBA, the most important factor for getting higher grades is class participation in the discussion of the topic at hand. It is where you display your verbal communication ability - from explaining the analysis of the problem you perceive, to presenting your proposed solutions. Then defending your analysis and solutions to your classmates who are just too glad to shoot down your ideas to prove to the professor that they know better. That's how I learned to be a better communicator than my former relatively shy self. I was practically "forced" into it to avoid a failing grade! Looking back now at how fast and how high I rose in my career after I got my MBA, I fully agree that great communication - verbal and written - is the most significant factor for such.

She hit it! I came to this conclusion from observation years ago. "They talk really well". In my experience, the best talkers are the biggest bull-shitters because they can leverage their charisma and talk out of their a$$ with just no real content or even worse, false content.

I recognise these stages 100%. Was stuck in a highly skilled technical role for about 20 years. I remember a boss once telling me “don’t be too good at what you do or no one will promote you”🤷🏼‍♂️. I thought that was very strange 😂. However, I broke into management by simply volunteering to manage projects (with the bare minimum of qualifications to do so😉), by networking my socks off, BS-ing my socks off (fake it til you make it 🤫) and learning to talk the hind legs off a donkey on management subjects I hadn’t a clue about… but hey, I had good grammatical skills so the BS sounded convincing 😂 … long story short… I quadrupled my salary in 5 years… true story

I trained my bosses. First job, trained the new person and he became my boss and cut my hours and I quit the job. Had an intern who we in the dept wrote letters of recomendation, hen was on the interview panel and hired him. Then we left the job. He came back as my position and then beat out another tech who had more time and whom I warned about promotions. My intern became the Director of IT. When my intern was my intern he said "When I become Boss I want to hire you" Now I was unemployed and applied and called him. He knew and did not even make it to interview. I try NOT to help interns, training anyone and now stay at jobs less than 2 years. No loyalty to no one.

From my experience most of it is a game. It’s all about who you know and network with. In many organizations a promotion feels like a demotion. I went from hourly and making overtime, to salary and working many hours for free. Most of management is babysitting adults and being upper managements punching bag all day. We’re always understaffed, and working 2 even 3 different job responsibilities. I got burned out and went back down to a lower level, because I made more money, had more peace and work/life balance.

Networking is very important, and working under right boss is another factor. If your boss goes up on the ladder and you are his trustworthy implementer the more chances you have to grow

"The only reward for hard work is more work" - At my previous company, I was very focused on the implementation side, and became so proficient at what I did, that it sealed my fate. Although I built a great team out of my department, trained them, and led them, I was never promoted. My company instead brought in less experienced or inexperienced people and placed them in positions of authority over me, disregarding my years of experience, to keep me doing more of the same.

Favoritism is rampant! For reasons like: gossiping, bribing ,news carrying etc which takes the place of efficiency, loyalty and real genuine people.. im sick to my stomach of this..really good employees get stuck in a rut while deceitful ones climb the ladder..

Because of favoritism. They only promoted people close to their heart. Not because of their skills

When I was in the military I quickly learned that is not about what you know but who you know, and the higher you go in rank the more important it is. It's no different in any other organization.

I agree somewhat, many promotions come from inside connections, relationships like related family, or kissing to the bosses.

You touched upon the great reasons. Sometimes being “too valuable on the floor” hurts your chances at promotion, and you’ll have to leave because you’re perceived in a “certain role”, and you need to go somewhere else to be seen with fresh eyes. If you want to move up to leadership, the trick is to be visible and speak up. If you keep your head down, work hard, and deliver, that’s not enough. Get involved in projects that give you visibility, and make sure you TALK in public. Communication and public speaking is an important skill to have in leadership. Also, WHO you know is important. Make sure you have mentors and advocates to help you with your cause, especially those who have influence and connections. Building relationships is another important leadership skill to have.

This is the way the world works when it comes to your career.... It's not WHAT you know but WHO you know. This applies to all walks of life regardless of education level. Sad but true.

Narcists get promoted in the organisations and staff members are encouraged to understand them and give them whatever they want because they they will throw tentrums if they don't get what they demand.

The corporate world is a cesspool of psychopaths and narcissists. Why work so hard to get ahead in a such a sick place? Start a business, leverage your assets and network. Better to work hard on something you own than a corporation.

My supervisor is a clear example that it is not the skills that get you there: if he AT LEAST had the leadership skills. But it is not the case. What he got is connections, dressing very well and speaking softly and diplomatically. But he’s the prime example of someone who doesn’t know what he’s doing and unprofessional behavior.

And this is the way we get a society of cheaters instead of performers. Really sad

Fake it till you make it, confidence is everything. Communicating without making mistakes is vital.

I live in Italy and I can tell you that nepotism and favoritism are extremely common in my country when hiring, firing and/or giving a promotion at the workplace. Sometimes, these cultural trait are not limited to a single company: they are national and they have negative consequences on the overall economy since non-deserving people get what they don't deserve at all.

I am 46, a software engineer, a mother and a wife. Work for the biggest national Telecom company for the last 15 years. Turn off 2 promotions as I don’t see how I can cope with more overtime. Most of my co-worker at my age has a senior manager or director position. But I also realize that more than half of my co-worker are divorced. Not surprising considering the high level of responsibility and stress. During covid, i decided to switch for the public sector but still in my field of expertise. I was able to leverage my past 20 years of experience in the private sector and just after a year, I get promoted. I had a way better work-family life balance than before, better retirement plan, stability and a better salary. Unfortunately, loyalty doesn’t pay from what I learn.

I had to leave a company for this reason and now im lightyears ahead of where I was when I was in that company. It impacted my self esteem while I was there but that ended as soon as i left. Basically if needs arent being met its time to go. I have a need for growth and expansion and nobody can stop me. I know where the door is 🏃

Sometimes you have to climb sideways to another ladder (a k.a. switch companies) to advance rather than trying to climb up that single corporate ladder

I find this depressing because it’s all so tiring. There are games being played all around and while I know this, it’s all so foreign to me and it seems like a lot of hard work for me while it’s something that’s super natural for others. Life is not fair, I accept that

Of what I've seen over my 41 years in the work force is salesmanship. In the past, it was having knowledge and experience. Today if you sound and act like you know what you are doing, you stand out. You have to show motivation even if you make mistakes. You don't necessarily have to have the knowledge or experience but can sell yourself. Oh, a good reference is a car salesperson.

One thing I learned in business. If you want to advance then train the people below you to be able to take over if you get promoted. If you do a great job yet have no one to replace you, the boss is not going to promote you up and worry about who is going to fill your slot.

sadly this is true. its all about empty communication. in my experience people who can talk are the ones who climb up the ladder. Gone are the days when education and experience were crucial.

So true. It’s not about education or implementation, it’s about nepotism and favoritism. If you were not willing to submit or be passive to the bosses, forget about promoting. This is so disheartening and devaluing.

Thank's for confirming a belief i have had my entire adult life. Nothing is more important than our ability to communicate well. Bad communication either slows things down, make mistakes or ruins everything entirely. A great communicator knows how to use language to his situational needs. They know when to be neutral, when to be aggressive and assertive and they know when to be a bit more passive. A great communicator is not only great at communication but is also great at reading a situation and sensing his environment.

I'm almost 60 and learned no one gives a sh t! That's why nothing holds value. My advice is to get your hands on a lot of money and help the community where it needs. Everyone is trying to screw you out of it.

There's a misconception that promotions are earned. Like if you work hard you are rewarded with a promotion. This is usually not the case. There's an even bigger argument to keep you where you are. If you are a highly skilled software engineer, that may not necessarily mean you are good at managing software engineers. And my experience, the more talented you are at the craft, the more likely you will make a poor manager. Doctors are an excellent example of this phenomenon.

Experience is a threat to your direct supervisor, team leader or sometimes manager, and they'll often bad mouth you and hold you back, so by default the less experienced end up being the only option.

Literally crying in my work office right now because a lower performer was promoted and I’m still stuck at the bottom.

I did 10x the work of my peers. Never got promoted. They did, I didn’t. This video was really helpful.

ALWAYS network with upper management above your own supervisor/manager. They are the people that will pull you up. Before moving up realize sometimes you will get double the responsibility, consider your peace of mind sometimes it's worth more than the 10k/year raise

In my opinion, high performers with the high expertise is the core of the company. Company with the mindset of putting expertise as low level while promoting less skilled people leads to conflict situations what can result in experts leaving the company, and if company loses their experts, then good luck moving forward 😀

I’ve applied to companies that continuously ask you if you were referred by anyone in the company. It’s usually a catch 22 when it can either hurt or help you. If you say “yes”, then it’ll depend on if they even like this person you’re referred by; like a sorority.

Whenever I open my mouth and try to communicate with my bosses, I always get that "How dare you even talk to me? "- type of glance and they cut me short. Managers and company owners are there only to put pressure on workers and keep them in fear and instability, terrorize them and stress them out. Sadest of all, I've never had the luck to find a safe, non-toxic workplace. My dream job is home-office.

This is very sad but true. The people who handle the heaviest workload are usually the ones taken for granted the most.

That probably happens a lot in large companies!! It has happened to me so many times when I worked at a medical school as a professor (merit does not really count there)!!! The least competent there is the one promoted mainly because they work less and thus have more time to be brownnosing the bosses!!! When I realized this, I quit that job. I am now working for myself in my small business as a doctor and I get to enjoy the benefits of my efforts. I really appreciate my good employees. I have seen so many small businesses go down the tubes precisely because they did not value the employees that got things done and when the good employees get tired of not being appreciated, they go somewhere else, thus the businesses fail!!!!

A common theme with many experienced senior professionals is that they base their progress solely on experience alone, they refuse to play the game or network with the right people and convey their interests directly to their higher ups. They don't build influence within the company but are highly specialized and experts at what they do so they become indispensable in their role to be promoted or fired. Waiting to get noticed for your hard work is unfortunately a fool's game, I've learned that unless you actively promote yourself and toot your own horn from time to time you won't be seen as a potential candidate for the next level.

Well - here is my lived experience. I am half Black, half-Asian. My peer who was in the same position as me ( but different shift, less education and experience ) was promoted above me because she was of the same ethnicity as her supervisor. In an uncanny irony, she even resembles the creator of this video, albeit with larger eyes. It took me 14 years to get to her position - and that was only when her white colleague retired. This woman ended up bullying me out of a job because she felt threatened by my intelligence and pleasant demeanor. She was known to be rude to several customers who worked in doctors’ offices and one even reported her. Yet because she was a petite, long haired, conventionally attractive Asian, Management sided with her and considered me as the aggressor even though all I did was stand up for myself when she tried to control when and where I used the restroom. She also reported me to the boss when I tried to make a correction and improve a scheduling template in Cerner because she didn’t like me upstaging her. Even worse, she withheld training so I never learned surgical billing and that guaranteed her job security and Management’s support. Race and ethnic discrimination is real. My Spanish boss used the Angry Black Woman trope against me. What the creator doesn’t acknowledge is that Black women ( even mixed-race ones like myself) are the least valued in society. We HAVE to be twice as good to get the job, the promotion, etc and that often entails going back to school. I didn’t do that and was forced to stay home with my kids during the pandemic. What needs to also be addressed is the role of privilege in promotions and harmful stereotypes that set a certain demographic ( not white, not Asian) back. Oh, and regarding communication? I tended to overcommunicate ( quite possibly due to being neurodivergent), and the new boss forbade me from sending emails asking for clarification ( since I knew from experience that it was not safe to assume anything). Rather than appreciate my communication and desire to get things right the first time, I was censored. The second person promoted over me was a brown nosing male who ingratiated himself with everyone, especially the boss, because the white female boss had a thing for Black men - whether gay or straight. Since I had 2 kids within the span of 26 months I lost my value and she chose to promote him above me and even fired the longtime female Afro-Carribean employee to give him the position since he needed more money after knocking someone up. Management waited until I was out of town in a family emergency to advertise the position and quickly hired him. I filed a complaint of sex discrimination but lost due to not having a lawyer. So TL: DR : It’s all who you know. The End.

To anyone who feels like they are the relaible worker who gets nowhere. Try slowley working on you communications skills and continue doing the hardwork you do after a little time CHANGE JOBS. This is a tough one for a lot of people. No matter how well you become at communicating, it is very hard to change the opinions of people you've worked with already. User your current job as trainging for youself! move on and re DISCOVER yourself!

0:50 lowest level of value: implementation of work - disclipined, reliable, and focused. Keeps your job but does not get you promoted. 2:36 second level of value: unification of work of others - managing people, projects, policies. 6:14 highest level of value: communication as it pertains to leadership - communicating effectively and authentically to generate charisma, trust, and inspiration.

When I first saw the title the first word in my mind is Communication. Like the ppl who knows how to get along by their words and make your boss and fellow fall for it 😂😂

I did my internship in a financial service firm. During the promotions ceremony, none of the people in my IT department were even looked at in the meeting. Day and night, we worked on the servers and network systems needed for every single person to keep their operations running in their desks or elsewhere. Without us the company will collapse in hours. Only those who worked in the sectors that were bringing big wealthy customers were promoted. I don't encourage anyone in IT or programming to work in financial services.

I've seen colleagues who were so good at the job they were denied promotions because they couldn't be replaced. They ended up needing to go pursue their career elsewhere. This ended up getting them a 2x salary bump, better benefits etc.

this is correct - i spent so much time on my skills...and doing the work...and i saw my friends...just walk about doing nothing...but they spoke better than me...and got promoted more....becoz i was doing the work and they were doing the talking....

It’s not just who you know, it’s who knows you.

Levels in market place: implementation => unification => communication.

Be the guy people want to come talk to. Everything is about social interactions. If the people above like you and enjoy being around you, then you are going to get favoritism from them. Don't stress people out, be the person who people come to vent to. Someone they want around. You can be the best tech or whatever in the world, but if you don't have good social/people skills, you will have a tough time moving forward.

Completely agree with her. Work harder and education can lead you to a stuck point. Being visible and talk at the right time in front of the right ppl is the key. Great video

You are so correct and your advice is spot on. As in any relationship people will treat you as you allow them to treat you. Be prepared to move on

100%. Communication is the single most leadership skill that will propel your career to the next level. Speaking from experience as an introverted manager for a team of 20 attorneys, I learned the hard way, that my accomplishments & technical knowledge were only as “good” as I could communicate them to people who “mattered.” Please don’t feel like just because you are introverted or shy, you automatically fall short compared to your extroverted colleagues. You really don’t. You CAN speak as confidently as you think. Trust me, as someone who knew no English until high school, when I say that confident clear and effective communication is a totally learnable skillset that anyone can acquire with time. Manifest your inner confidence, keep practicing, and eventually, you will start seeing the results that will also serve to validate you with the knowledge that you had it within you all this time.

This is 100% true. It comes down to knowing how to speak in front of others and favoritism. The talkers go very far very fast.

You are so right, because a good talker can talk their way into anything or out of anything. It's what salespeople, lawyers and politicians do best.

I'll share a little story with you. I've worked in Cybersecurity and Technology for 20 years. I was consulting for a well known national bank this year and placed reporting to a 27 year old woman with *zero* experience or knowledge of cyber. I was to be her coach, her information source so she could step in front of the work I do and be promoted for it. I'd applied for ten fulltime roles with this bank. I was interviewed once. I quit and I don't care.

It was not an accident that I found your page/video. I am at the unification stage and just enrolled back in school! I kept thinking to myself, why am I stuck? I am so grateful to have found you.

After 16 years of struggle as an individual contributor in the workplace, I finally hear this. All make sense now.

I think what you mean by communication at this level is your ability to kiss 🍑 , stroke egos, and your ability to take credit for others work, favoritism, nepotism and then yes communicating effectively

Usually when it comes to these topics in the comments I'm silent, but today you express something that I never thought about. I always wondered why at work I seem to be a top pick for things though I don't want them. People seem to look at me as if I'm capable and they use the word "potential" a lot. Now I understand why it's my vocabulary and my extended vernacular. Opposed to my colleagues. I'm quite the wiz kid. It all makes sense now. Thank you! I'm officially subscribing.

Excellent presentation. I highly appreciate you sharing the three values, and how well they've been explained and described. They resonate well to my current role and responsibilities as a senior worker, personal. Also, I strongly agree to the 3rd value, Communication. I think the clearer one can position themselves and articulating their thoughts, the more one gets the promotion. On the other hand, I believe one has to acquire and clearly demonstrate their leadership skills to be able to get into the next level.

I remember when I was an engineer, a peer catapulted himself to VP of Marketing while the rest of us watched in amazement. How did he do it? He bullshitted through his teeth at team meetings about what we were going to deliver and when. Being his co-worker I knew what he was saying was total crap. But management loved his confidence and swagger and rewarded him for it. I think if you really want to feel valued you can't even be in corporate America. It's a waste of time. Start your own business and be the boss. When you're making a living on your own terms, you won't have this feeling of being unvalued. YOU will value yourself, and that's far more important than what someone else thinks of you.

We are told that if we do not have education we cannot get into the door. I've learned to just leave these organizations alone and start my own and sit at the communication level. I've seen folks advance pass me with only implementation skills. They lack communication skill. They are only favored because they are the owner’s friend or family. Nepotism.

This is real talk Dr. Grace. Being in corporate for a long time rings this bell. And me at management level really really emphasize this communication skill.

Probably one of the most insightful videos I've seen in a long while. Thank you

After spending 30 years in the IT industry, I have observed that implementors typically do the bulk of the work, while managers and directors often have little technical knowledge but rely on implementors to get the job done. Unfortunately, some managers are not effective communicators, and may have landed their positions through impressive BS skills rather than actual qualifications. Throughout my career, I have worked under some truly awful bosses, and have found that even as a manager myself, I still must address the problems of those under me in order to motivate and lead them effectively. One positive aspect of being a doer in the industry is that job stability is often greater than for those in management roles, as I have seen many bosses and managers come and go. However, to increase one's earning potential in the industry, it may be necessary to move around and seek new opportunities. Currently, as a Senior Analyst, I am ten times more efficient and knowledgeable than many of my colleagues, but sometimes the stress associated with higher-level positions is not worth the compensation. Ultimately, if a company does not value its employees, it is best to seek employment elsewhere and ensure that the new position offers better compensation and benefits.

In fact this happened to me. I worked with IT basically focused on implementation. And I saw some colleagues get promoted ahead of me, and with half my technical ability, some were complete idiots. However, they communicated better, while I was almost a caveman when it came to communication, my co-workers really knew who and what to talk to. Communication was my Achilles tendon and I agree 100% with this video. I would say I could earn 3x more if I improved my communication.

This is a good video. She used the term communicators ...I say slick talkers. Half the directors I work with are completely morons who slick talked their way to the top. I'm starting to get the confidence to call them out on their slick talk, it is almost as if I don't care about the consequences anymore.

This is great. I always knew the gap between myself and a greater career was articulation. My resume gets me the interviews for the positions I want, but my inability to articulate my thoughts in the interview keeps me from landing the job.

Claim all of your victories loud and proud. Don’t complain. Only offer solutions. Listen more than you talk. Talk only when it matters. Lastly, don’t get caught up with right or wrong decisions. Make a choice and MAKE it the right choice.

At my last Job I was the guy who got the promotion over a lot of angry people. My managers told me "We're really glad that you actually came here and told us you want to be promoted and take on more responsibility. Often times we're sort of guessing who wants a promotion and who's willing to take on responsibility, and then people get hurt because they don't tell us anything". What I learned was, be clear in what you want, and make it know you're willing to take on responsibility

Kudos to you Dr. Lee. It's true. Great leaders are great communicators. Toxic leaders are somewhat poor communicators with their feeble-minded and stiff-necked traits.

That’s such a great point, and it explains a lot about myself - I’m usually the one to just get work done while watching others get ahead. Sure, I’m respected, but I also keep to my own business, where I think I need to take a risk and get outside myself a lot more. Thanks for the insight!

The famous play, 'Death of a Salesman', it does a great job showing you that experience doesn't always get you to the top. It takes a lot more, unless you're really lucky. It takes courage and taking opportunities and standing up for yourself and I would add: prayer too.

My solution to all the corporate promotion BS is to start my own business. I suggest all of you to have an entrepreneurial spirit, take a risk and go for it. Getting an MBA degree actually helps. For those with a spouse, make sure you get the support of your spouse. In my case, one of us was working to support the risk taker. It worked for us and the payoff was substantial. I am 65 now, I told my son to do the same. The key to success is to know the right experience, right timing, right location, right partnership and the right vision.

Thanks so much for this. It makes complete sense! So glad I came across your channel!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️