This week's question

What actually got you your last promotion?

The Exchange opened this week on a simple idea: the lessons that move a career pass from one person to another. Which raises a blunter question. Careers rarely move on merit alone, and the Movers stream this year is full of leaders who stepped up by leaving. So think back to your last step up. What actually did it?

Week of 14 September66 votes0 repliesCloses Friday, then Scott's take
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I moved company. The step up was somewhere elseSomeone senior backed me and made the caseI delivered something visible and asked for itThe person above me left

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