The Promotion Playbook

The Promotion Playbook, from Fortune Success: How top executives worked their way up—from first jobs to the corner office—and the moves, mindset shifts and strategies that'll accelerate your career.

Grindr CEO graduated with $500 in his pocket. Now the self-made millionaire plans to bring his kids to the office when they’re 10 to gain grit
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Grindr CEO graduated with $500 in his pocket. Now the self-made millionaire plans to bring his kids to the office when they’re 10 to gain grit

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October 1, 2025
Multimillionaire Big Bang Theory star says he scrubbed toilets, waited tables and played a terrorist before finding fame on the show—‘any job I could’
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Multimillionaire Big Bang Theory star says he scrubbed toilets, waited tables and played a terrorist before finding fame on the show—‘any job I could’

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September 27, 2025
Do you know your attachment style? It could be the reason you’re not getting promoted at work 
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Do you know your attachment style? It could be the reason you’re not getting promoted at work 

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September 25, 2025
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Employers are dishing out quiet promotions: fancy new job roles without the title or pay—and experts say it ‘practically guarantees burnout’

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September 19, 2025
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Gen Z want ‘secure’ jobs in health care—but this CEO left the industry after realizing he could make millions getting Americans to eat more fruit

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August 22, 2025
Michael Fiddelke, incoming Target CEO
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Target’s incoming CEO started as a summer intern 20 years ago—he tells Gen Zers to embrace feedback if they want to climb the ladder like he did

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August 20, 2025
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Canada Goose’s ‘nepo baby’ boss avoided printing CEO on business cards for 10 years after taking over his grandfather’s business at 27

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August 18, 2025
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Self-made multimillionaire behind $4 billion Skims empire says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call

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August 12, 2025
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Sheryl Sandberg, Bill Gates, and the world’s top CEOs swear by the same daily habit—this career coach says Gen Z can easily steal it for success

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August 2, 2025
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Union Pacific’s CEO started as a teen track worker—now he’s leading an $130 billion empire and says Gen Z interns need curiosity to be like him

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July 29, 2025
The most successful people are not the smartest—instead, they’re both ambitious and lazy, career coach to the Fortune 500 says
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The most successful people are not the smartest—instead, they’re both ambitious and lazy, career coach to the Fortune 500 says

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July 20, 2025
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Google’s head of Android once cold-emailed the $2 trillion tech giant’s cofounder Sergey Brin for college advice—instead, he got a job offer

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July 15, 2025
Amazon AI exec’s top career advice is always pick up your phone—it’s a disaster for Gen Z
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Amazon AI exec’s top career advice is always pick up your phone—it’s a disaster for Gen Z

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July 4, 2025
Airbnb manager quit her job to take a gap year with her husband and 3 kids—she credits the reset for propelling her to CEO of Taskrabbit
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Airbnb manager quit her job to take a gap year with her husband and 3 kids—she credits the reset for propelling her to CEO of Taskrabbit

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July 3, 2025
Like Gen Z, Billie Jean King says manifesting really works: ‘If you think you’re a failure, you’ll fail. If you think you’re a winner, you’ll win’
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Like Gen Z, Billie Jean King says manifesting really works: ‘If you think you’re a failure, you’ll fail. If you think you’re a winner, you’ll win’

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June 29, 2025

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