Promotion block statistics: what stands between people and the next role
This page publishes once at least 30 people have completed the promotion block finder in the current window. Until then the count is shown as below the reporting floor and no figures are published.
Once a cut reaches 30 completions, it shows which of the four blocks people report most (Untested, Unsponsored, Indispensable, Unseen), the mean score on each dimension, the share who have not had a career conversation with their manager in the last 90 days, and the same split for respondents who already manage people. Every figure describes what respondents report about their own situation.
Current edition
Fewer than 30 completions in this cut. Nothing is published below that floor. Next refresh: 2026-10-12.
Collection started on 2026-09-22. This page is rewritten when a refresh runs; the change log below carries every edition.
What this page will report
So that no cut is chosen after seeing the data, here is what is published when n reaches 30, and nothing else:
- Reading distribution
- Mean score per dimension, 0 to 100
- Item career conversation 90 days share
- Reading distribution by role level
- Region
The floor rule
No cut is published with fewer than 30 completions. Where a cut falls below the floor, the chapter is published with the count and no figures. The floor is set before the edition and never lowered. Completions are counted, not people: the capture is anonymous and cookieless, so a returning visitor is not identifiable and is not de-duplicated. Ad blockers drop some events, so every count is a floor. The full rules are on the methodology page.
What this page will never publish
- Any claim about who deserves a promotion. The unit is a respondent's own reading, never a verdict on them.
- Any cut that names or could identify an employer.
- Any free text. None is collected.
- Any cut below 30 completions, or any cut that still contains the site's own test runs.
How to read it against other surveys
One published number frames this one. Gallup found that 45 percent of people who left a job voluntarily had no conversation with their manager about their future, satisfaction or role in the three months before they left (Fortune on Gallup). This page reports the mirror of that figure among people who are still in the job: the share of people who feel stuck and have not had a career conversation in 90 days. Gallup counts leavers looking back; this page counts people who have not yet left.
How to cite this page
Leaders ADAPT, Promotion block statistics: what stands between people and the next role, Workplace Reality Index, edition 2026-09-23, https://www.leadersadapt.com/promotion-block-statistics/. Until a cut passes the floor there is no figure to cite; cite the method instead. Every published figure will carry its n, its window and its date on the same line.
Change log
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Page created with the tool. Collection begins. No figures published; n below floor. |
Take the tool
Every completion of the Promotion Block Finder: why am I not getting promoted joins this sample anonymously. More free tools are at the tools shelf.
The four results
Every completed run lands on one of these pages, with your own scores drawn from the link the tool gives you. Each one is readable without taking the tool.
- UntestedNobody has seen you do the next job yet. Run a trial.
- UnsponsoredNobody is arguing for you. Start with the career conversation.
- IndispensableToo useful where you are. Hand work off, own a result.
- UnseenThe people who decide do not know your work yet.
The other statistics pages
Every open tool on this site publishes its own statistics page under the same floor rule:
- AI job exposure statistics: how exposed people say their weekly tasks are
- Am I the problem at work? Statistics on self view and how others see you
- Boss pattern statistics: what people report about their bosses
- Golden handcuffs statistics: what people say keeps them in their jobs
- Job security statistics: the signals people report around their jobs
- Micromanaging statistics: how closely people say they are managed, and whether they know why
- Become a manager statistics: who wants the work, and who wants the title
- Should I quit statistics: what people asking are really leaving
- Toxic workplace statistics: four conditions at work, with the manager view first