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To get promoted, company executives need to be able to see you as one of them.

In a high-IQ job pool, soft skills like discipline, drive and empathy mark those who emerge as outstanding.

In many companies, the person who talks the best usually gets the job. I got snowed by a few of those people over the years. I still think communication is important, but I don't think there's always a correlation between being a great communicator and other virtues that make for a great leader.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

When it comes to getting promoted, you want to present yourself in a way that feeds into the biases that bosses have about what makes someone promotable. You're already doing the hard work, so why not frame your effort in such a way that it increases your chances of obtaining the position you want?

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.

My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.

Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important.

I think in most jobs, you get better as you get older. You gain experience, you gain knowledge.