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The Promotion Code: The Psychology of Getting Ahead at Work

The Promotion Code: The Psychology of Getting Ahead at Work

Mercer, Devan

Paperback

Series: Psychology at Work Series by Devan Mercer

Business GeneralSelf-Help

ISBN13: 9798191194424
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 6 2026
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Why do less qualified people get promoted? And how do you change that, ethically?

Your work is excellent. Your results are real. And somehow, the roles keep going to people with thinner track records and louder stories. This book explains exactly why, and hands you the fix.

Promotions are not decided by work. They are decided by people, in rooms you will never enter, comparing sixty-second versions of candidates from memory. Most capable professionals never learn how those rooms think. The Promotion Code teaches you, through a story you will not want to put down.

Follow Jess Carter, a brilliant product manager passed over for a promotion she had earned, as a mentor teaches her the hidden machinery of career growth:

  • How promotion decisions actually get made, and the four questions every room asks
  • The three currencies of a career: performance, perception, and advocacy
  • Visibility without bragging, and confidence that does not wait for a feeling
  • Networks that actually work, and why one sponsor is worth ten mentors
  • Office politics without poison: the daylight test, pre-wiring, and the grace window
  • Reputation, leadership identity, and acting the level before the title
  • The promotion conversation: building your case, making the ask, handling not yet

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