From the course: Overcoming Obstacles for Promotion

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Professional recon

Professional recon

- Have you ever played a game but weren't exactly clear on the rules? Playing a game without knowing the rules definitely makes it hard to figure out how to win and sometimes may even make it impossible to compete. Well, the same is true when you're pursuing a promotion. You need to know the criteria or the rules, I should say, in order to win the promotion's game, whether it's informal or formal criteria, most organizations have some set of rules around promotions. Now in this lesson, I will walk you through how to utilize all of your resources to play to win when it comes to playing the promotions game. The first thing that you need to do here is to both understand and accept that there is always a unique path to promotion, and it's your job to figure out what your organization's path and culture look like. You want to figure out how others are being promoted, is this something that's based upon formal criteria or…

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