Below is a powerful vignette – contained in the book, The Leap to Leader by Adam Bryant  – on what you need to do, to be promoted.

Finally, if you want to move up quickly,

develop a reputation as a problem-solver.

Companies have problems. Bosses have problems. Be ready to take on those problems—or “challenges,” if that’s what you’d prefer to call them—and you will move up quickly.

Companies have problems. Bosses have problems. Be ready to take on those problems, and you will move up quickly