A recent LinkedIn discussion focused on how to advance from a research analyst to a research associate position in IR. Robert Daly, Assistant Vice Chancellor in Strategic Academic Research and Analysis at UC Riverside, shared his presentation, “6 States of Growth for the IR Professional” and I thought it might be of interest in this forum. You can check it out at http://www.cair.org/conferences/CAIR2013/pres/56_Daly.pdf