Greg Stevenson says capable people get passed over not because they lack skill, but because senior leaders can't envision them in bigger roles. The gap isn't competence. It's the difference between being considered for a job and being chosen for one, which depends on presence and intangible qualities no résumé can show.
If you're more than capable and still stuck one level below where you should be, here is the part no one tells you. It is almost never competence. You're already good enough. That is not what is stopping you. The gap is how the room experiences you. Getting considered and getting chosen are 2 different things. One is about your track record. The The other is about whether the people at the top can picture you carrying the weight of the biggest seat. So if you keep getting passed over, stop adding to the resume. Start working on the thing the resume cannot show.
