My mental model is that "promotion" is something that only happens to middle managers; board relevant seats are either appointed by the board or come from the g

My mental model is that "promotion" is something that only happens to middle managers; board relevant seats are either appointed by the board or come from the good ole' boy network (which I do recognize is almost certainly worse than promoting a bad manager from within, who at least has existing relationships and business context) As best I can tell, it's this one https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378437111003943#:~:text=providing%20further%20support%20to%20our%20claim%20that%20a%20random%20strategy%20seems%20to%20be%20a%20very%20simple%20and%20interesting%20way%20to%20increase%20the%20efficiency%20of%20any%20real%20organization https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03784...