The Challenges of Advancement

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If you’re like most managers, you want to advance: to take on more responsibility at a higher level in your organization. Personal rewards and the opportunity to achieve greater organizational results are strong inducements. But advancing can be tricky, even for very successful managers.

CCL has studied what drives the advancement of executives, and has learned that perhaps the most important element is having a broad organizational perspective—that is, being able to see beyond your own functional area and understanding how other functional areas interrelate and support the organization.

Furthermore, having a narrow ...

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