In today's ultracompetitive corporate environment, unless you understand how the employee evaluation process works, you're likely to find yourself spinning your wheels in frustration that your work and your ideas aren't being properly recognized.

Author Joseph G. Lecak started out like many young corporate employees, wandering from job to job in search of the perfect employer. Once he realized that promotions and raises are a process, however, he was able to double his salary over six years, continuing on to forge a successful managerial career lasting more than thirty-five years....