# 114. How to Turn a High-Stakes Stretch Into a Promotion Accelerator

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Podcast: [Psychology at Work | Career Success, Leadership, Communication Skills](https://stenobird.com/podcast/psychology-at-work-career-success-leadership-communication-skills-7001317)
Published: 2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2038

## Resource

🚨CLOSING: Apply for the final Lead from Within cohort of 2026 by Sunday July 26th 11:59pm ET: https://melodywilding.com/lfw Certain stretches of your career are compressed. The reputation you'd normally build over 18 months of steady work gets decided in a matter of weeks. Handle it well and you accelerate onto the shortlist for the next role. In this episode, engineering manager Alejandro walks through how he used a high-stakes product launch to accelerate his own path to the next level.&nbs...

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