Laurie J Wetzel

Laurie J Wetzel

What Actually Happens in the Room Where Promotions Get Decided

(If promotions were really about performance, more high performers would be promoted.)

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Laurie J Wetzel
Jan 26, 2026
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Most professionals think promotions are decided by performance.

They’re not.

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They’re decided in a budgeting conversation, inside your organization’s leadership chain, with limited time and competing priorities.

If you understand how that room works, promotion stops feeling like…

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