Improved performance | Promotions |
Leadership roles | Management roles |
Increased authority | Increased budget |
Managing bigger teams | Generating more revenue |
Managing larger customer accounts | Closing larger sales deals |
Managing more complex projects | Influencing upper management |
Changing careers | Moving to a larger or more prestigious firm |
Moving to a higher position in a new job | Being mentored |
Mentoring | Completing education |
Improving work quality | Increasing work throughput |
Professional certifications | Acquiring skills and knowledge |
Building professional relationships | Public speaking experience |
Advising senior management | Initiating changes, improvements, projects and programs |
Strategic planning experience | Joining working groups and committees |
Appointment as a successor to your boss | Being selected for internal training and development programs |
Experience with cross-functional collaboration | International work experience |
Industry experience such as working in different business units in a bank | Becoming more vocal and visible in your role |
Negotiation experience | High profile work assignments |
Transitioning to more business critical roles or teams | Being selected for leadership development initiatives at your firm |
Being selected for skip level meetings with upper management | Delivering action items for executives |
Building relationships across your industry | Building relationships with important clients and partners |
Growing out your role to higher value or more interesting work | Making yourself indispensable by assuming a critical and hard to fill role |
