The Promotion Playbook

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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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This Gen X CEO has only worked at one company for 35 years—she says job-hopping Gen Z are not putting enough energy and time into their current gigs

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June 29, 2025
Melinda French Gates shares the one skill Gen Alpha girls can learn in high school that will determine if they become a CEO later in life
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Melinda French Gates shares the one skill Gen Alpha girls can learn in high school that will determine if they become a CEO later in life

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June 27, 2025
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Gen Z is ‘task masking’ to look as busy as possible in the office. Experts warn they’re self-sabotaging

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June 22, 2025
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This CEO went from bagging groceries at Publix to founding a $3.4 billion cyber company—after skipping the Ivy League and teaching himself to code

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June 1, 2025
Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home
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Accenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home

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May 20, 2025
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Forget becoming a self-made billionaire—working for others is a fast-track to ultra-wealth like Tim Cook and Satya Nadella

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May 20, 2025
Gen Z worker
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Meet the Gen Z tradies who are shunning college and picking up the tools instead—they plan to be in the top 1% without being saddled with crippling student debt

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May 16, 2025
TodayTix CEO took over at 31. He tells aspirational Gen Zers to ditch the ‘fake it till you make it’ act if they actually want to be successful
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TodayTix CEO took over at 31. He tells aspirational Gen Zers to ditch the ‘fake it till you make it’ act if they actually want to be successful

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April 8, 2025
Walmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse—he says he got promotion after promotion by raising his hand when his boss was out of town
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Walmart CEO started his career unloading trailers at the warehouse—he says he got promotion after promotion by raising his hand when his boss was out of town

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April 1, 2025
Pret CEO Pano Christou
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How Pret’s CEO went from a $3 an hour McDonalds worker at 16 years old to earning $5 million last year

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December 29, 2024
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: An ‘embarrassing’ amount of your success in your 20s depends on your attitude

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December 24, 2024
Peter Jelkeby, IKEA's U.K. CEO
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IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student

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December 20, 2024
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Kurt Geiger’s CEO went from cleaning toilets to running a $432 million fashion brand—he says he got promoted by making his boss look brilliant

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September 1, 2024
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says sucking up to your boss won’t earn their trust
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says sucking up to your boss won’t earn their trust

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July 31, 2024
Gen Z job seekers should be ‘willing to do anything,’ says Squarespace CMO, who cold-called firms from the phonebook for her first role
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Gen Z job seekers should be ‘willing to do anything,’ says Squarespace CMO, who cold-called firms from the phonebook for her first role

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July 20, 2024

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