Make it easy for your boss to promote you.
Do your best, and make sure that your best is exactly what is needed.
Evaluate how you are seen by others.
Plan to move toward your goal, not simply away from a job you don’t like.
Define your objective for your career.
Prepare, then take action: Ask for the promotion.
If you asked, but were denied a promotion, analyze, regroup, and move on—you are in control of your own career.