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Brief thought exercise: do you find/believe that more people get promoted based on innate talent, personality, or ability to handle politics?
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Brief thought exercise: do you find/believe that more people get promoted based on innate talent, personality, or ability to handle politics?

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Ted Bauer
Apr 09, 2014
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Toss out what you know/think/believe about performance reviews and the ascension of some to the manager level. Think about this one logically.

If you're going to get promoted, that ostensibly means (a) new (and broader) responsibilities and (b) possibly managing others (or bigger projects). …

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