Promotion rates seem to vary person to person, school to school… and i understand that with leadership potential replacing CEP, promotion is supposed to be no longer time deterministic.

I wonder if I was shortchanged in the past though. My progression seems much slower than others I know.

GEO 3 to 4: 4 years (started out in 2011)
GEO 4 to 5: 4 years (became SH GEO 4 in 2018)
GEO 5 to SEO 1: 5 years (became HOD GEO 5 in 2021)

Was in school for 4 initial years of my career, went to HQ for 3 years, then went back to the same school as SH from 2018-2024. Left and currently in another school.

Others who are SHs have already become SEO 1 by the 10th year, while i only hit SEO 1 in my 15th year.
My performance grade has always been As and Bs, with exception of the time in HQ where I had C+s, and year of promotion to GEO 5 where I had C (and also coz I was on MLS).

I couldn’t understand why I took so long to be promoted too.

Does it mean I don’t have high potential and opportunity to move on one day to be a VP?