Often higher roles involve different skills, such as more people management and less individual contribution, which may cut against someone’s strengths or career goals. To counteract the Peter principle, organizations can develop multiple career tracks, such as a technical leadership track that doesn’t require people management. In addition, higher roles tend to involve more strategy than tactics. Generally, strategy is the big picture; tactics are the details. Strategy is the long term, defining what ultimate success looks like. Tactics are short term, defining what we’re going to do next to
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