Find out what the next level actually looks like

You ask what it takes to move up and get something vague: "keep doing what you are doing", "show more leadership", "it will come." You nod, leave, and have nothing you can act on. A year later you are told you are "not quite ready" — measured against something nobody ever actually described.

This lesson is for new managers who want to progress and keep getting fog instead of direction. It covers the difference between an adjective and a behaviour, the one question that turns vague feedback into two or three concrete things, and why writing the answer back down matters more than it seems. You get the exact wording to push gently past a vague answer, and a simple way to keep checking the gap as things change.

Part of the Growth track. About two minutes to read, with a seven-day practice plan and a recall check a week later.