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1.    First things first: work out where you want to go and how to get there. To confirm your goals cross reference to the sections on 'self discovery', 'strengths finder / personality profile; and Margaret Sands' article on performance.

• There’s no need to limit your expectations to the job on the next level in your company, particularly if it’s not likely to be vacant for a while or if there are colleagues better than you lined up already.
  
  
  
  
• You don’t have to be subject to the bureaucracy or set trajectories of the past; today there are a greater number of routes for progression, allowing you to pursue multiple paths upwards and/or change direction.