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Building A Promotion Case

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This does the uncomfortable work of turning "I want a promotion" into an actual strategy. It walks you through diagnosing what's blocking you (lack of advocacy, no role available, skill gaps), then helps reframe the conversation from personal milestone to business problem. The core insight here is solid: you need to already be doing the next job before you get the title, and your pitch should be about solving your manager's problems, not your career goals. Built on advice from 17 product leaders, so you get specific tactics like the Magic Loop and future-framing questions. Use it when you're stuck at a level or prepping for the promotion conversation and need to figure out what's actually in your way.

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$ npx -y skills add refoundai/lenny-skills --skill building-a-promotion-case --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Building a Promotion Case

Turn your professional impact into a compelling, data-backed argument for your next career move.

Help the user with building a promotion case using insights from 6 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.

How to Help

  1. Inventory Impact - Help users list their major wins and map them to specific business growth metrics or organizational goals.
  2. Gap Analysis - Compare current performance against both formal career ladders and unwritten behaviors rewarded at the company.
  3. Strategic Alignment - Guide the user in drafting a script for a 1:1 conversation to explicitly state their ambitions and align on a timeline.
  4. Package the Proof - Assist in organizing screenshots, metrics, and testimonials into a structured document that champions can use in calibration.

Core Principles

Perform the Role Before You Have It

From "How to get promoted": "People don’t get promoted for doing their jobs really well. They get promoted by demonstrating their potential to do more. At many companies, you get promoted only after you’ve demonstrated you can handle the next level."

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