Leadership

This data shows why you should think carefully about who you promote

A shop clerk works inside a display window outside a clothing retail store at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2015. Japanese retail sales rose 0.9 percent in the year to June but the pace of growth slowed for a second straight month, a sign consumer spending has yet to build enough momentum to be a key driver of economic growth. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

You might be promoting workers based on the wrong criteria. Image: REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Jay Fitzgerald
Content writer, National Bureau of Economic Research
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