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From Robin Cabin

I have my last job because I do not transported. In fact, I went, because I see a path to promotion - not so at any time in the foreseeable future. Who the hope is lost really what me to throw my hands. Although every day, I still loved my work, I had to go.

I had checked all the boxes. Client made a good job, winning proposals were submitted, and my team was managed with record low sales business for eight years. And yet my title remains the same. During this time, our company has invested in training, mentoring, coaching, and new tasks for me. To be fair, they tried.

The company had defined eligibility criteria that have been applied to all employees at all levels. I call them rigid and archaic. You call them transparent and necessary. They also had a complex series of unwritten practices progress. I would say that politicians and arbitrary. They had the history and culture of prompt. Anyway, we were both stuck.

Here's why:

• The support of weak leadership: I had great leaders in my mandate, and each was free and encouraging. However, the conclusion was that there is not much enthusiasm among them for me the promotion. All executives for me in the organization had been through the same gauntlet of progress. Seems to be the prevailing attitude: "Hey, I've paid my dues and I have the best will eventually get there, too It could be that if you hang a little..." So I am on the receiving end of little understanding and even less motivation among the leaders of a process of change that they felt worked for them, and I thought it was a critical filter for the company.
• I am wanting to make my way: I've always wanted and do things my way. You could ask my younger sisters, but please do not. The stories say that would be unflattering and probably exaggerated, because no one in our family can easily stick to the facts without adding comments color. Anyway, I noticed what others were doing in order to be promoted, but I'm stuck in my own way - that optionally with challenging times correspond Administrative company policies, and inflexible when it comes to assignments, accept. In fact, to read, what I think, it was a miracle that he was not from me. In short, I was doing a lot of good - but not perfect and certainly not entirely.
• Other market forces: career opportunities in some types of businesses are highly correlated with the market conditions. If business is good, people move upward. If the business down or flat, stay in place, or they are let go. Simple and very true to the plate Federally. My time was on market terms. The last half of my eight-year period was in a cycle to the board of the Federal Government. I will not dwell on this as a reason, because none of us have a lot of control over what we like to believe, but not very informative to on business cycles as an excuse.

After two years of internal debate, my company I left in 2013 and was an independent consultant and a subcontractor for them. Overnight, the personnel and equipment that has been so intense on growth were concentrated had to be my clients. Some become high-ranking officers of my business mentors. Others remain LinkedIn contacts and, who knows, with little chance that our paths cross again. This decision has me on the path to greater success, as it has bee set if I stayed.

The sting of a promotion that gave me more success, and forces an important decision happened. Am I willing to do anything to win this great item? Or is there something else out there for me. Anyway, I had to understand an honest self-assessment.

So if you are in a similar impasse, performing a self-assessment is a wide range of eligibility criteria covers can give an indication of the reasons why they are not a promotion, and whether to pass good for you. Typical annual assessments Companies pay attention to the performance alone, and the power - as the work you do today - is only part of the puzzle.

When thinking about where I disconnects between their views and those who want to be the promotion decisions in positions, you need to look for the differences in perception:

• Image: How much of your appearance, behavior and reputation align with the vision of the best of the best of the company
• Exhibition: As is well known, and using the internal network of an organization (and reach of this network)

Other factors to consider and understand the attitude of market conditions - to evaluate the control of your attitude and the ability to analyze and have the market. Finally, it recognizes that developments - especially the more high obtained in an organization - not made any decisions by a person. You encourage your boss should seek the support and membership in a number of colleagues and superiors in the chain. Although this part of the equation of the promotion can may seem daunting, it is also an opportunity to work with your boss to make the sales pitch as transparent as possible.

A proactively evaluate before these factors, you can also buy a lottery or planning a strategy to exist humorous. In any case, the establishment of a plan allows you to take control of his career and the path of individual success.

For more information, see Inc.com for increases and promotional channel.