𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 : 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 : 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧
𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 .

Advancement opens a door. The only question is whether it opens to
opportunity inside your company or an exit to the next one. 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟔𝟑
𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐨
𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 , according to the
Pew Research Center via Focus People’s article 𝑁𝑜 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡𝘩 , 𝑁𝑜
𝐿𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑦 : 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝐿𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐷𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑇𝑜𝑝 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑦 .

Too often, advancement is treated as binary: either a role is open or it
is not. But 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 . Managers who help people
experience progress in the day -to-day can keep engagement alive,
even when promotions are not on the table.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 :
𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 . Offer new challenges within current roles so
skills and inspiration continue growing.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 . Celebrate when someone closes a skill gap or earns
visibility so their effort is seen, even without a new title.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 . Highlight how others in the organization
have advanced so advancement feels real, not abstract.

These actions keep momentum alive. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲
𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 , 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞
𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 . When managers avoid the conversation,
people fill the silence with their own conclusion: 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝
𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 ?