#horizontalgrowth

At Strat-Board, we know that there are professionals out there who motivate others to think differently about their own careers. Shampi Venkatesh points out that: “Growth is not necessarily vertical promotion; growth is very much horizontal and lateral." 

In today's workplace, success in one's career is no longer just associated with work titles or ordered upward movement. Rather, growth can be created through taking on new responsibilities, collaborating with other teams, learning from experiences, developing new skills, and expanding your capabilities. Relational movement, mobility across teams, and leadership expansion can provide developmental impact that is as beneficial as being promoted. 

Shampi's perspective allows an employee or leader to look at career advancement in a holistic way. When learning agility, adaptability, and making contributions of process improvement is more important than hierarchy, professionals will continue to maximize their potential for growth, while having positively impact the team and department as well as the employee engagement experience in the organization.

This reinforces that growth is a multidimensional concept -- which may include versatility, knowledge, learning, and meaningful contributions in the workplace. 

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