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The Promotion Playbook

The Promotion Playbook, from Fortune Success: How top executives worked their way up—from first jobs to the corner office—and the moves, mindset shifts and strategies that'll accelerate your career.
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31-year-old millionaire has zero sympathy for unemployed Gen Z’s ‘excuses’—he says ‘it is scarily easy’ to build a business and get rich right now
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 31, 2026
$25 billion CEO says one-hour interviews are a waste of time—he puts candidates through six hours of tests and wants them to order wine at lunch
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$25 billion CEO says one-hour interviews are a waste of time—he puts candidates through six hours of tests and wants them to order wine at lunch
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 22, 2026
Google DeepMind’s chief AI exec started out detasseling corn in Indiana for around $1 an hour at 14: ‘I grew up in really humble beginnings’
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Google DeepMind’s chief AI exec started out detasseling corn in Indiana for around $1 an hour at 14: ‘I grew up in really humble beginnings’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 12, 2026
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) CEO Paul Griggs
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PwC U.S. CEO advises young workers to say yes a lot, even if it means working on the weekends—‘That person climbs into the next role’
By Emma BurleighAugust 3, 2026
Forget your degree: Gen Z say reselling their old clothes on Depop taught them more about business than college—and 85% of hiring managers actually agree
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Forget your degree: Gen Z say reselling their old clothes on Depop taught them more about business than college—and 85% of hiring managers actually agree
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 28, 2026
Salary Transparent Street creator Hannah Williams
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This millennial job-hopped every 6 months to $90K by the time she was 23—she left it all behind to become a salary negotiation guru
By Emma BurleighJuly 26, 2026
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An 11-year-old is cleaning his neighbors’ trash cans for $10 each—he now has 100K followers as teens face the worst summer job market since 1948
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 25, 2026
$5 billion CEO says unemployed Gen Z should be out 3 days a week building their network: ‘Sometimes those jobs you want, they’re never published’
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$5 billion CEO says unemployed Gen Z should be out 3 days a week building their network: ‘Sometimes those jobs you want, they’re never published’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 21, 2026
Raj Subramaniam, CEO of FedEx
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FedEx’s CEO landed his first job by taking a roommate’s abandoned interview. Now he’s running a $75 billion shipping giant
By Emma BurleighJuly 17, 2026
Billionaire Richard Branson says copying his 5 a.m. morning routine won’t make you successful—and will just cause ‘more burnout than breakthroughs’
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Billionaire Richard Branson says copying his 5 a.m. morning routine won’t make you successful—and will just cause ‘more burnout than breakthroughs’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 15, 2026
Jason Kidd, COO of Chipotle
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Chipotle’s COO takes employees to dinner every week to spot his next leaders—here are the 4 traits he’s seeking
By Emma BurleighJuly 13, 2026
Want to earn nearly $100,000 within 5 years of graduating? Study engineering, Fed research says
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Want to earn nearly $100,000 within 5 years of graduating? Study engineering, Fed research says
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 12, 2026
U.S. Polo Assn. CEO J. Michael Prince
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U.S. Polo Assn. CEO was flat-out told he wasn’t right for a promotion—so he ‘outworked’ anyone else who wanted the job for 6 months straight until they changed their mind
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 1, 2026
Ex-Google engineer says Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai share the same trait—it’s the lesson he swears by as a $7.2 billion AI CEO
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Ex-Google engineer says Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai share the same trait—it’s the lesson he swears by as a $7.2 billion AI CEO
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 28, 2026
Now worth $200 million, Sarah Jessica Parker credits being ‘one of eight kids that struggled financially’ for her hunger, ambition, and work ethic
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Now worth $200 million, Sarah Jessica Parker credits being ‘one of eight kids that struggled financially’ for her hunger, ambition, and work ethic
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 24, 2026
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The heiress of $10 billion Perdue Farms and the $12 billion Sheraton Hotels empire wore hand-me-downs, still rides the subway, and flies economyplaceholder alt text
By Emma BurleighAugust 30, 2026
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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 1, 2026
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Gen Z can't figure out how to talk to their millennial and Gen X bosses—and it's becoming a workplace crisisplaceholder alt text
By Tatiana SatauaSeptember 2, 2026
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