Are you on track for a promotion? What does it take to be promoted from individual contributor to manager? You must show potential for greater responsibility. You need a combination of mature soft skills, good character and high emotional intelligence, deliver results every time, and be able to treat people fairly without bias. If you can prioritize your actions correctly, clearly communicate a vision, and follow through with incredible results, you will be in line for promotion to manager in no time. 

Episode outline:

1. Be of good character, strong ethics, and have a never-quit attitude,
2. Over deliver on results,
3. Develop the key soft skills,
4. Know how to prioritize, and
5. Show potential for greater responsibility.

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