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Why Your Boss Promotes You Into a Trap
We explore the Peter Principle in action, focusing on why high performers get promoted into roles that expose their blind spots rather than rewarding their skills. Using a concrete case study of a top salesperson forced into middle management, we break down the specific signals that indicate you are being set up for failure. Lucas and Luna discuss how to recognize when your promotion is actually a demotion of responsibility disguised as a title bump, and what concrete steps to take before accepting that new role. This episode offers practical advice for career survival when organizational…
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