[pi-e-sigma]

Hence it's not rational for an employee who wants to get a promotion to be competent at their work.

[peteradio]

I've seen this happen. Start pushing off the work of the old job and doing the new job before the promotion.

[marcosdumay]

And that's why the GP's #2 is so important.

Organizations where it exists tend to work much better than the ones where it doesn't.