MAKE THEM INDISPENSABLE
Once they become exceptionally good at their job, explain that promotion is impossible because nobody else can do it.
Excellence should have consequences.
Unfortunately, the research…
Research territory
Workplace-learning and development research distinguishes exposure to training from the conditions that let capability actually develop, transfer, and be used.
Anchor: career plateau; developmental opportunity; capability progression.
Seed Claim Library for GROWTH: GROWTH-001, GROWTH-002, GROWTH-003. These are root-level research propositions, not an assertion that any one Claim maps one-to-one to this joke.
This static edition exposes the research territory and Seed Claim Library, not a finalized evidence verdict for this specific joke. Study-level citations, claim confidence, and evidence-change history will appear only after the research Machine completes its publication gate. The joke is never evidence.
The research hook identifies mechanisms to investigate. It is not a claim that the literature literally tested this Directive.
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