The Promotion Playbook
Page 3 of 5The 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.
SuccessGoogle’s head of Android once cold-emailed the $2 trillion tech giant’s cofounder Sergey Brin for college advice—instead, he got a job offer
By Preston ForeJuly 15, 2025
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 4, 2025
Travel & LeisureAirbnb manager quit her job to take a gap year with her husband and 3 kids—she credits the reset for propelling her to CEO of Taskrabbit
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 3, 2025
SuccessLike Gen Z, Billie Jean King says manifesting really works: ‘If you think you’re a failure, you’ll fail. If you think you’re a winner, you’ll win’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 29, 2025
SuccessThis 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
By Preston ForeJune 29, 2025
SuccessMelinda 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 27, 2025
SuccessGen Z is ‘task masking’ to look as busy as possible in the office. Experts warn they’re self-sabotaging
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJune 22, 2025
SuccessThis 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
By Preston ForeJune 1, 2025
ConferencesAccenture CEO: ‘If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough’—and she has the motto on a plaque in her home
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 20, 2025
SuccessForget becoming a self-made billionaire—working for others is a fast-track to ultra-wealth like Tim Cook and Satya Nadella
By Preston ForeMay 20, 2025
SuccessMeet 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMay 16, 2025
SuccessTodayTix 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
By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 8, 2025
SuccessHow Pret’s CEO went from a $3 an hour McDonalds worker at 16 years old to earning $5 million last year
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 29, 2024
