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The Promotion Paradox of Doing Too Much Work
Most professionals believe that visibility comes from being the person who fixes everything. But there is a specific structural trap called the competence ceiling where your willingness to absorb crisis work actually blocks your promotion. We look at the case of a senior product manager who spent eighteen months running fire drills for her team, only to be passed over because leadership saw her as essential infrastructure rather than executive material. The episode breaks down how to identify when you are becoming too valuable in the wrong way and offers a concrete framework for stepping back…
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