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[quote=Anonymous]I do investigations into HR complaints.  I probably sustain the complaint about a third of the time.

Is it just one person that is making the decision to hold you back?  Your task will be much harder if there are multiple decision makers and they zll are picking people other than you.

If I were you, my first step would be to set a meeting with the decision makers.  Then say something like “Bob, I really enjoy my job here and would very much like to move up to the role of Senior Managing Widgetmaker.  I’ve noticed that my scores on the whatever are consistently the highest in the group.  And yet the last two promotional tones, mark and bob were selected rather than me.  Can you let me know where I need further development to be your top choice next time?”  Or something like that.  Then see what he says.  It may be as simple as they’ve got no re time on the job and they value that.  Or maybe they’ve received complaints about your demeanor from coworkers and you need to work on your management skills.  Or maybe they have some certification you don’t have.  You don’t know until you ask.

Once you get the answer, reassess.  With a big company, it may be that they will yank a manager that they conclude is sexist.  I’ve seen it happen more than once (and sometimes there’s an upper level woman that will say “yup, that tracks with me experience.”). But you need to kind of read the room and assess whether that’s realistic.  Are you the only woman that’s had an issue with him? 
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