Why you keep getting passed over, and it is not your work

It is not a performance problem. It is that the people who decide your next move cannot read what you bring.

The reorg happened, and the role you were the obvious choice for went to someone with half your track record and twice your visibility. You told yourself it was politics. Bad timing. That you needed one more strong quarter and then it would be undeniable.

Then it happened again.

At some point the pattern stops being bad luck and starts being information. …