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Getting ready for your next promotion is about more than doing your current job well.

Understand the shift in responsibilities as you advance, and how to look ready before you have the role.

Managing people well can be as important as past experience, and you can start to learn before it's required.

Most people want to advance in their careers. That can mean going from the prep cook to the head chef, from the intern to the CEO (over a very long period), or just getting a slight raise and title bump from where you were two years ago. But whether your aspirations are expansive or just incremental, it's normal to want to feel you are being increasingly valued for what you do. That desire might be practical: Why learn and become a better worker for the same pay and recognition? Or it might be an emotional need to be seen and rewarded. Either way, it makes sense to consider how you can get to your next role.

How we prepare for the next job is not always aligned with what makes us a candidate for the next role from the employer’s side. There are things you can do differently to improve your chances for the next role or promotion. And some of it is more tactical and practical. But some of it requires a different mindset or acquiring skills unrelated to your day-to-day tasks.

How do you prepare now for your future job?

See beyond skills. Most of us start with what we know how to do, and try to keep getting better at it. If you're good at sales, you might strive to sell more, or faster, or at higher prices than........

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