Comment by everdayimhustln

Effort and results may not be enough because real life isn't a meritocracy. Insecure manangers worry they'll promote someone whom could be promoted past them as their new boss instead of them getting promoted (promotions as win-loss), save some money on their P&L by BS under-promoting people or pigeonholed someone as a worker role instead of mentoring/trialing them for managing or leading. These and other nonperformance factors can high-peforming staff surrounded by communication major managers.