I think its not all that uncommon for people who are highly competent in their current role to be passed over for promotion to leadership. LeBron James isn’t guaranteed to job as the MBA commissioner just because he balls hard. Things like “avoid[ing] negative-EV projects” would be prime candidates for something like this. If you’re amazing at executing technical work on your assigned projects but aren’t as good at prioritizing projects or coming up with good ideas for projects, then I could definitely see that blocking a move to leadership even if you’re considered insanely competent technically.
I think its not all that uncommon for people who are highly competent in their current role to be passed over for promotion to leadership. LeBron James isn’t guaranteed to job as the MBA commissioner just because he balls hard. Things like “avoid[ing] negative-EV projects” would be prime candidates for something like this. If you’re amazing at executing technical work on your assigned projects but aren’t as good at prioritizing projects or coming up with good ideas for projects, then I could definitely see that blocking a move to leadership even if you’re considered insanely competent technically.