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IN BRIEF

As a manager, you may seek to advance within your organization, to move upward and to take on additional levels of responsibility in order to gain personal rewards and achieve greater organizational results. However, advancing can be tricky. The most effective way to do it is to gain a broad organizational perspective that allows you to see beyond your own functional area and to understand how other areas interrelate and support the organization.

First, you must seek out the things that are holding you back, such as organizational or personal forces. For instance, an organization can hold individuals back by developing them in a stovepipe and limiting their opportunities for expanding their perspective. Or an individual may have an extremely limited view of career advancement, and only seek to move upward rather than gain experience across the organization.

To combat these negative forces, you should seek out learning opportunities and challenging experiences. By learning about other areas in your organization and participating in challenging experiences that broaden your horizons and push you out of your comfort zone, you can gain a broad perspective that will allow you to successfully advance as a leader.