Coaching Real Leaders How Can I Move Forward When My Company Won’t Promote Me?
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Mar 30, 2026 Erica, a longtime healthcare leader aiming for C-suite roles, shares her career stall after decades at one organization. She discusses being passed over for external hires, wrestling with loyalty and family, and weighing relocation and retirement. The conversation focuses on choosing trade-offs, accepting discomfort as growth, setting timelines, and prioritizing happiness as a decision guide.
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Decades At One Employer Ended With An External Hire
- Erica has spent decades at one health care organization and steadily advanced until she recently hit a block trying to reach the C-suite.
- She was told the organization is strategically hiring from the outside and even was excluded from interviewing for a role she felt qualified for, prompting external job searches.
Ambivalence Is A Stage Not A Verdict
- Muriel names Erica's emotional state ambivalence: stuck between loyalty/comfort and the drive to grow into a C-suite role.
- Recognizing ambivalence reframes indecision as normal discomfort tied to trade-offs, not failure.
Decide How You Will Relate To Discomfort
- Decide how you will relate to discomfort: resist it (stay stuck) or accept it (move forward).
- Choose to embrace temporary discomfort as part of growth when pursuing a larger leadership goal.