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When managers and reports avoid stating obvious constraints

My department head and I have been avoiding a conversation about my promotion for eight months because we both know the budget isn't there but neither of us wants to say it out loud. We keep having these dance-around meetings where we talk about timelines and criteria when the real issue is resources.

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You and your boss keep dancing around a promotion you both know the money isn't there for.

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