Para lograr el ascenso, debes destacar y delegar.

Because after para to express purpose, Spanish normally uses the infinitive when the subject stays the same.

• para lograr = in order to achieve / to get
• Not para logras because that is a conjugated verb form
• Not para logrando because Spanish does not use the gerund that way after para

So:

• Para lograr el ascenso, debes... = To get the promotion, you must...

If the subject changes, Spanish often uses para que + subjunctive instead:

• Te lo explico para que lo entiendas. = I explain it to you so that you understand it.

Lograr means to achieve, to accomplish, or to obtain after effort.

In this sentence, lograr el ascenso means:

• to get the promotion
• to achieve the promotion
• to earn the promotion

It often suggests success after work or effort.

Examples:

• Logró sus metas. = She achieved her goals.
• No fue fácil lograrlo. = It wasn’t easy to achieve it.

Both can work, but they are not always used in exactly the same way.

• el ascenso usually means the promotion / advancement, especially in a job context
• la promoción can also mean promotion, but in many contexts it can mean:
  • an advertising campaign
  • a special offer
  • a graduating class

So el ascenso is very clear for a job promotion.

Also, el can be understood as the promotion in a general or specific sense: the promotion you are trying to get.

Debes is the tú form of deber.

Conjugation of deber in the present:

• yo debo
• tú debes
• él/ella/usted debe
• nosotros debemos
• ellos/ustedes deben

Here, debes means:

• you must
• you should
• you need to
  depending on context

So:

• debes destacar y delegar = you must/should stand out and delegate

They are very similar, but there can be a slight difference.

• debes can sound a little more like should / ought to / must
• tienes que often sounds like have to

In many everyday situations, they are interchangeable:

• Debes destacar y delegar.
• Tienes que destacar y delegar.

Both are natural.
In advice or professional language, debes can sound a little more polished or formal.

Here destacar means to stand out, to distinguish yourself, or to excel.

In a work context, it suggests being noticeable in a positive way because of your performance or skills.

Examples:

• Tienes que destacar en tu equipo. = You have to stand out in your team.
• Ella destaca por su liderazgo. = She stands out because of her leadership.

A useful detail:

• destacar can be intransitive: Ella destaca. = She stands out.
• It can also be transitive in some contexts: El informe destaca los errores. = The report highlights the errors.

In your sentence, it means to stand out.

Delegar means to delegate: to give responsibilities or tasks to other people instead of doing everything yourself.

In a workplace sentence like this, it suggests that getting promoted often requires not only doing good work yourself (destacar), but also showing leadership by trusting others with responsibilities (delegar).

Example:

• Un buen líder sabe delegar. = A good leader knows how to delegate.

Because they follow debes.

In Spanish, after a conjugated modal-like verb such as deber, the next verb usually stays in the infinitive:

• debes destacar
• debes delegar
• not debes destacas
• not debes delegas

This works like English:

• you must stand out
• you must delegate

Because deber can directly take an infinitive.

• Debes estudiar. = You should study.
• Debes destacar y delegar.

But with tener, Spanish needs que:

• Tienes que estudiar.
• Tienes que destacar y delegar.

So:

• deber + infinitive
• tener que + infinitive

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• debes already tells us the subject is tú
• So (tú) debes destacar y delegar is correct, but tú is usually omitted unless needed for emphasis or contrast

Examples:

• Debes escuchar. = You should listen.
• Tú debes escuchar, no él. = You should listen, not him.

Yes. Debes can range from should to must, depending on tone and context.

In a sentence giving career advice like this, English could translate it as:

• you should stand out and delegate
• you need to stand out and delegate
• you must stand out and delegate

The exact force depends on the speaker’s intention.

The phrase Para lograr el ascenso is an introductory purpose phrase, and the comma separates it from the main clause:

• Para lograr el ascenso, debes destacar y delegar.

This is very natural in Spanish and also in English:

• To get the promotion, you must stand out and delegate.

Sometimes short introductory phrases may appear without a comma, but here the comma is standard and helpful.

Yes. Conseguir is a very natural alternative to lograr.

• Para lograr el ascenso...
• Para conseguir el ascenso...

Both mean roughly to get/achieve the promotion.

A slight nuance:

• lograr can sound a bit more like achieve
• conseguir can sound a bit more like get / obtain

Both are common and correct.

Yes. Ascenso literally relates to rising or moving upward, so it can have different meanings depending on context, such as:

• a job promotion
• a rise or ascent
• advancement in rank

But in this sentence, because of destacar y delegar, the meaning is clearly a workplace promotion.

A few natural alternatives are:

• Para lograr el ascenso, es importante destacar y saber delegar.
  To get the promotion, it’s important to stand out and know how to delegate.

• Para obtener el ascenso, debes sobresalir y delegar responsabilidades.
  To get the promotion, you must excel and delegate responsibilities.

• Si quieres lograr el ascenso, debes destacar y delegar.
  If you want to get the promotion, you must stand out and delegate.

These all keep the same basic idea but change the tone slightly.

The stress falls in different places:

• destacar → deh-stah-KAR
• delegar → deh-leh-GAR

Both are regular infinitives ending in -ar, and the stress naturally falls on the last syllable because they end in r.

Also note:

• g in delegar is a hard g sound, like in go
• c in destacar before a sounds like k

So:

• destacar sounds roughly like des-ta-KAR
• delegar sounds roughly like de-le-GAR