There’s a version of a career where someone does everything right.
Goes deep. Becomes the expert. Delivers consistently for years.
And then something subtle shifts.
Promotions start going to people who seem… less experienced. The meetings that matter get smaller. The invitations fewer.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth most organizations never say out loud:
Companies don’t always promote the most expert person in the room.
They promote the person who looks most useful for where the room is going.
If your team’s expertise lives in systems being replaced, tools being sunset, processes being automated – they’re not being evaluated on what they know.
They’re being evaluated on whether they seem stuck in it.
The leaders who navigate this well don’t reinvent their people.
They reposition them – translating years of judgment into the language of what’s next.
That’s not a training program. That’s a leadership decision.
If your organization is mid-transition and your senior people are quietly losing ground – this is worth a conversation.
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