Your rising star expectsa promotion. It feels inevitable, the rightful reward for their effort. The problem is you can’t deliver it. Managing the gap between their expectations and reality is one of the hardest parts of leadership, and it’s becoming more common, notes Dan Schwabel, managing partner of Workplace Intelligence, a research firm, and the author of several books, includingBack to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation. “We’re in a job-hugging job market,” he says, meaning employees areclinging to their jobsfor fear they can’t find another one. “There’s less mobility and fewer spots to grow into.”