When you’ve made a significant mistake, or series of mistakes, at work, it can feel as if all your previous efforts may go unrecognized and unrewarded—especially if you’ve been aiming for a promotion.

If getting a title change and a raise is one of your resolutions this year, here’s what you’ll need to do. Americans hoping for a promotion in 2025 should prepare to face stiffer competition. Economic ...

Stanford University professor and leadership author Jeffrey Pfeffer says keeping your head down and working hard isn't as impactful as you might think.

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Getting promoted isn’t always just about working hard; sometimes, it’s about putting your effort in the right direction. Even high-performing employees can unknowingly sabotage their progress and end ...

A frustrated employee wants to know how to keep their motivation up after being rejected for a promotion. Getty Images I was told that I was performing above and beyond, but the company is struggling ...

If performance problems exist today, tomorrow will need a reset on promotion expectations and the future may require revised ...

Jade Bonacolta began her career at LinkedIn and was promoted five times in her six-and-a-half years there. Before each one-on-one meeting with her manager, Bonacolta spent one hour preparing a ...

Getting promoted is a proud moment in a person’s career and it’s almost always the result of hard work, dedication to the position and the company, and the ability to stand out among the crowd of ...

Soon after Kay took on a new role at an e-commerce company in the fall of 2023, the responsibilities began to pile up. Kay – who asked USA TODAY to not use her full name for fear of losing her job – ...