𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩. When people hear
the word “advancement,” they often think about promotions: title
changes, bigger offices, larger teams. But for many people, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 — 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 , 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 , 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫
𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 .

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬
𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝟖𝟑 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 , according to
Speakap’s article Employee Engagement Statistics.

Too often, organizations focus only on filling vacancies instead of
helping people grow in place. 𝐁𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟
𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 , 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩
𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 .

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 :
𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 . Providing someone ownership of a key
initiative signals trust and expands their influence.

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 -𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 . Invite people to work with other
groups or present their work to senior stakeholders.

𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬 . Support lateral moves, training, or mentoring
opportunities that open up new experiences without requiring a
promotion.

These steps make progress visible. They help people feel they are
moving forward, even when an open role does not exist. Just as
important, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨
𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 .

𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 . 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 .

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 ’𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 ?