5 underrated career strategies for getting promoted

Why are some people better at getting promoted than others? In an ideal world, the answer would be merit, which is basically a mix of talent and hard work. This simple but rare combination would result in higher levels of performance that would be obviously observable to others so there would be little controversy or dispute when promotion decisions are made. In this world, politics would be nonexistent and nobody would ever complain about any form of decision-making bias, errors, or a gap b...