Having a solid track record is meaningless; it's just a ticket to the derby -- ALL employees good enough to be candidates for promotion to any desirable job have such a record.

Aristotle Onassis once said, "The secret of success is to know something nobody else knows." To advance in an organization, it's critical to have a special skill or talent -- giving presentations, solving problems, mediating conflicts, great reports. "How does he/she do it?" is the ultimate compliment.