There is a ceiling that many smart, capable professionals hit around the mid-senior stage of their careers. Their technical competence is not in question. Their work speaks for itself. And yet the next level-the seat at the table, the expanded mandate, the influence in the room-remains just out of reach....
Somewhere in your career, you have experienced this moment. You had the right answer. You saw the solution clearly. You knew - with certainty - that your perspective was the most informed one in the room. And then someone else said something similar - perhaps less precisely, perhaps with less...