One key factor in promoting a manager is the size of their team or organization—the larger it is, the better it looks on a promotion case. This often incentiviz

One key factor in promoting a manager is the size of their team or organization—the larger it is, the better it looks on a promotion case. This often incentivizes managers to expand their teams unnecessarily, a practice commonly known as "empire building." While growing an organization to tackle genuinely complex challenges can be justified, too often the expansion merely adds complexity to existing work without a clear evaluation of its actual value. These managers still get promoted to director or VP roles, then move to other organizations or companies, repeating the cycle.