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The Promotion Trap: Why Your Best Leadership Skills Start Working Against You

Executive Leadership| Career Advancement Strategy

May 25, 2026

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Dr. Bobby Lampkin Jr.

Dr. Bobby Lampkin Jr., SPHR, is an executive leadership strategist, organizational behaviorist, and author of The Executive Mindset and The HOW Factor — two integrated frameworks that close the gap between how leaders currently think and how enterprise-level leaders must perform. Through Lampkin Solutions and the Executive Mindset Accelerator™, Dr. Lampkin equips executives, directors, and senior managers with the cognitive precision and behavioral intelligence to lead at the highest level, produce measurable results, and advance with strategic authority.

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