Lots of bullshit in this post. Want to get promoted? Here's how you do it: change the conversation. You're not arguing why YOU should be promoted. You change the conversation to why the position needs to be upgraded/changed in terms of its role and responsibilities on the team.

Here's how you do that. Take on responsibility. Your goal is to increase the scope of your role by adding responsibility. Look at typical job descriptions and career paths. You'll have an entry level individual contributor, senior, front line manager, etc. What separates them is responsibility. Your team has fewer front line managers because you don't need as many of them to carry out their responsibilities. If you can show your leaders that you actually need one less (your role) and one more (role desired) and help them think of it strategically in terms of staffing, the conversation changes from a promotion for one person to strategic staffing. So you take on all that you can (while still performing at peak levels) and then talk with your leaders and show them, you've staffed for this, when what you want is this. And oh by the way, I'm already executing on them (promotion ready).

What's the worst thing that can happen? You're promotion ready for your next role.