Opinion

When most of us picture career growth, we think of climbing. We imagine ladders, rungs and the steady march upward from entry level to manager, manager to director, director to vice-president.

It is tidy, predictable and deeply ingrained in the way we talk about success.

The problem is, in many organizations today, especially smaller companies and non-profits, the ladder is more like a stepladder. It has only a few rungs and, if you are lucky, one of them opens up once in a while.

This reality begs a question that more and more employees are asking: if there is no place to climb, how do I grow?

This is where career pathing in a flat organization comes in. Growth does not always have to mean promotions and new titles. Sometimes it is about expansion, exploration and deepening e

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