Overview
Former global C-suite executive and executive coach reveals why strong performance is not enough for senior advancement and what leaders must show to be trusted with more.
Senior leaders are often surprised when the qualities that built their careers no longer move them forward. They deliver strong results, develop deep expertise, make important contributions, and earn support from influential people, yet they still are not chosen for broader responsibility.
Executive coach and former global C-suite leader Azhar Syed identifies 6 familiar metrics leaders use to make the case for advancement:
- Results: “Look What I Have Delivered”
- Expertise: “Look What I Know”
- Personal Contribution: “Look What I Do”
- Judgment: “Look How Right I Am”
- Sponsorship: “Look Who Backs Me”
- Reputation: “Look How I Have Changed”
Each metric represents a meaningful accomplishment, but none fully answers the question senior decision-makers are asking: Can this leader be trusted with greater risk, broader consequences, and decisions that affect the whole organization?
Syed explains why becoming indispensable can keep a leader tied to a current role, why being right can work against someone who has not learned to build alignment and shared ownership, and why a powerful sponsor cannot make an advancement decision defensible on the leader’s behalf. Readers will learn what broader responsibility requires, how to present the evidence decision-makers need, and how to distinguish between a barrier they can address and one embedded in the organization.
Clear and candid, this book helps senior leaders understand what they must demonstrate before others will confidently trust them with more.
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