Promotions Aren’t About Effort: They’re About This
The employee handbook tells you how to keep your job. These rules help you move forward.
You’ve heard the classic advice: work hard, be a team player. Helpful, but not enough. Real careers run on people, timing, visibility, and proof.
If you want to see how those quiet rules shape promotions, you can also read my piece on the two-person office politics strategy.
Here are the rules most people only learn the hard way:
Treat Support Staff With Care
Your Work Will Never Speak For You
Document Every Win
Keep Records For Safety
Stay Out Of Gossip Loops
Speak In Meetings, Don’t Sit Invisible
Help, But Don’t Become The Hero Mule
Know How Decisions Get Made
Make Your Manager Look Ready
Build Career Insurance, Always
Those last two are where your long-term career capital sits. If you ignore them, you end up loyal, tired, and stuck.
There is one simple system that quietly supports all 10 rules: a weekly career log. Most workers never build it. The ones who grow fast do.
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This is not a diary.
It is a private record that protects you when things go bad and boosts you when things go well.
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