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Getting your reports promoted

As a new manager, you may want to push some reports into more senior positions. Here’s how to go about it.
March 14, 2023

As a new manager, you may want to push some reports into more senior positions. Here’s how to go about it.

As a newly hired lead developer, one of my first challenges was getting one of my mid-level reports promoted to a senior level. Having just joined the company, it felt a bit overwhelming. I knew how to get hired at or promoted to a senior level, but I was unclear if the same methods applied in my new role.

While some organizations have good documentation around career development, others may be less transparent, or lack a process at all, making it very difficult to navigate progression paths as a new manager.

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