Looking to climb the ladder at work? You may want to expand your thinking about job promotions, which are overrated.

If you’re like thousands of coaching clients I’ve served from multiple industries, you have an almost single-minded drive to get promoted. Some have seen less-capable colleagues leapfrog ahead of them. Some struggle with navigating organizational politics and restructuring. Some are introverts who would rather quietly analyze problems than spend energy gaining visibility and making scads of new “friends” at networking events.

What if a promotion isn’t the panacea you imagined?