The reward for a job well done is another job... at a higher pay grade with a fancier title. That's the idea, right? You do your job right and you get a better job bossing people around.
Sometimes this works and sometimes it does not. There are different skills needed to do a job and to manage said job, and added responsibilities. There are more complications as well: jealousy on the part of those passed over, rivalry from other departments, unrealistic expectations from upper management and temptation only gets worse the more power you have.
Some people flourish as they advance. Some people crack. Sometimes promotions are a means of moving a bad leader somewhere where they won't do so much damage... And other times the promotion of the wrong person at the right time makes all the diference.
So write a story about promotions. How do they happen: personal ability, nepotism, as part of a pre-existing contract or an under the table deal? How does it work out? And does the promotion work for the institution and the individual, or neither?
The challenge is made!
Sometimes this works and sometimes it does not. There are different skills needed to do a job and to manage said job, and added responsibilities. There are more complications as well: jealousy on the part of those passed over, rivalry from other departments, unrealistic expectations from upper management and temptation only gets worse the more power you have.
Some people flourish as they advance. Some people crack. Sometimes promotions are a means of moving a bad leader somewhere where they won't do so much damage... And other times the promotion of the wrong person at the right time makes all the diference.
So write a story about promotions. How do they happen: personal ability, nepotism, as part of a pre-existing contract or an under the table deal? How does it work out? And does the promotion work for the institution and the individual, or neither?
The challenge is made!