A lot of professionals suffer from mid career blues where they get stuck up at certain levels and not getting the desired promotion. There may be multiple reasons as provided by a management consulting publication, but they all have similar solutions. The person may not be universally liked in the firm and this can be an obstacle but to go past this problem, the professional may choose to become the critical go-to person for all hindrances. He /she may not be visible to all, so the person must spend time building fruitful relations. Some verticals in otherwise well stocked organizations, may suffer from a resource crunch due to combination of reasons. This needs to be taken care of and at the right team the person responsible needs to address this issue to the higher authorities.