The result? The year’s not even over, and she already has the backing of her performance coach (the internal one at her company), her new boss, and her boss’s boss.

If getting promoted is like baking a cake, hers is already baked, iced, and ready to serve.

So what’s left? The cherry on top: a five-slide promotion deck that makes her promotion a done deal.

As an executive coach I work for the 1% -- but not the ones hoarding wealth. The 1% I work with are stockpiling something even more powerful, even more in short supply these days: Courage, vision, and the guts to rewrite the rules.