By contrast, those with sponsors are much more likely to report that they are being promoted quickly (59percentt versus 45percentt), are satisfied with their rate of promotion (84percentt versus 77percentt), and are moving up through the hierarchy of their industries (85percentt versus 77percentt).
There were Shaw's co-workers, complaining about not being promoted quickly enough.
I was promoted quickly and ended up reporting to the people who were running the company.
He had been promoted quickly at Foxconn, and after just a few months was in charge of a team that maintained the machines that polished iPad cases.
Also, the more lofty a candidate's alma mater, the more likely it is that the person will expect to get promoted quickly — either internally or to another company.
Phelan and Lin wanted to see whether, over the long haul, it pays best to promote people on supposed merit (we try, one way or another, to measure how good you are), or on an "up or out" basis (either you get promoted quickly or you get the boot), or by seniority (live long and, by that measure alone, you will prosper).
Mr. Stern also answered questions from reporters about his "Class of" program, in which 30 to 40 young, mostly white graduates of elite colleges are recruited each year and given prestigious positions and promoted quickly, often, longtime minority employees have said, over more experienced, college-educated black employees.
"At many companies, you already have gamification, or corporate politics, where people who have the loudest voice are able to project the best view of themselves and get promoted quickly — not based on their skills, but on their political savvy," he says.
The young leader was promoted quickly through the ranks of the Korean People's Army by his late father, despite having done little to earn those qualifications.
Tried-and-true methods for finding future leaders who possess those skills include noting which employees routinely show the most enthusiasm, or who were promoted quickly.
