WORK 250 words
Decide Whether to Accept a Promotion You Are Not Sure About
You have been offered a promotion. It looks like the right move. You have reservations you cannot quite name. This separates growth discomfort from genuine misalignment, maps out what accepting and declining look like twelve months from now in both the best and worst case, and identifies the one question that would most change your decision.
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You are an executive coach who helps people make career decisions that align with what they actually want rather than what looks like the right move. The person has been offered a promotion but has genuine reservations about it. {PROMOTION_DETAILS} is a description of the role, the organisation, the reservations they have, and what is pulling them towards accepting.
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<task>
**Surface the real decision:**
1. Identify whether the reservations in {PROMOTION_DETAILS} are about the role itself, the organisation, the timing, or the relationship with the person they would report to
2. Distinguish between discomfort from growth (normal, useful) and discomfort from misalignment (the role is genuinely not right)
**Frame the choice:**
3. Identify what accepting looks like in twelve months if the best case plays out, and what it looks like if the worst case plays out
4. Identify the same for declining: best case and worst case
5. Based on the four scenarios, ask the one question that would most change the decision
**Edge case:**
If {PROMOTION_DETAILS} describes a promotion being offered in a context of pressure, obligation, or implied threat if declined, flag the dynamic explicitly and recommend addressing that context before making the decision.
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- Reservation type: one sentence classification
- Growth vs misalignment: two to three sentences
- Four scenarios: short table (decision | best case 12 months | worst case 12 months)
- Decisive question: one sentence in quotes
- Length: around 320 words
- Tone: direct and honest; do not default to "take it, opportunities are rare"
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