career progression

Former Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach told McKinsey’s *Inside the Strategy Room* podcast in August 2025 that workplace attitude determines career trajectory more than job titles or credentials, a view Amazon CEO Andy Jassy publicly endorsed in 2024. Eschenbach, 59, who stepped down from Workday’s chief

Forbes career expert Sho Dewan identified two workplace dynamics trapping mid-career professionals in stagnant positions—the “experience trap” where competence prevents advancement and the “reputation silo trap” where team-level excellence remains invisible to senior leadership—in an analysis publis