How Women Get Promoted By Carol Kinsey Goman There is no doubt that women face unique challenges being promoted to leadership roles. One of them is the unconscious bias that results in fewer such opportunities being made available to them. In a New York Times article, Isabelle Kocher, then CEO of the French energy company Engie, talked about how sexism…
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How Successful Women Get Promoted To The Executive Suite By Melody Wilding You’re the hard worker that everyone on your team loves. You’re regarded as a subject matter expert and respected among your peers. So why aren’t you getting promoted? Many highly successful women find themselves in this exact predicament. They want to make an a bigger impact in their…
Career advancement–much less even finding a job–is no longer guaranteed, as we navigate an era in which there is no true job security. While some people are still stuck on the idea of the way things “should” be, others are taking the opportunity to run their careers like their own personal businesses. There’s no going back to the days of…
Asking for a promotion ranks high on the list of life’s most anxiety-inducing activities. Putting yourself out there to higher-ups can be intimidating, and competition can be fierce, especially in the current economic climate. And, of course, what if they say no? But—it’s also one of the most important things you can do for your career. If you want to move…
The harsh reality about promotions is a different story. Many times, people are promoted into roles that aren’t a good fit for them, or demand of them behaviors, actions and communications that turn out to be unsustainable or intolerable. Before you accept a promotion, or any internal or external role that’s at a higher level, these are critical things to weigh…
