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Had an important conversation earlier this week on the topic of promotability. I shared that beyond a certain level, competency and time in role becomes less important considerations in promotion.
This is because as one moves up the career ladder, leadership changes from managing tasks to managing people, and then to managing an ecosystem.
So if a person is the best at assembling widgets, his competency (and time in role) will get him promoted to a supervisor where his competency enables him to lead others to assemble better widgets. But unless he grows and shows that he can manage other supervisors, then he has likely reached his CEP - Career End Point.
I know that this is a simplified view, but I think illustrates an important concept that it takes different competencies to excel at different levels. So if you aspire to be promoted, know what is needed to perform at the next level and develop and demonstrate them.
This is because what got you promoted to this level, will very likely not be the same competencies and skills that will get you promoted again.
