HBR guide to your professional growth.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, Massachusetts :
Harvard Business Review Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Harvard business review guides.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Section 1. Set a vision for your career: Reaching your potential: only you can define success for yourself / by Robert S. Kaplan
- Developing a strategy for a life of meaningful labor: it's never too late (or too early) / by Brian Fetherstonhaugh
- Think strategically about your career development: don't leave your professional growth to chance / by Dorie Clark
- Section 2. Assess yourself and gather feedback: Career self-assessment worksheet: begin to document where you are
- and where you want to be
- What self-awareness really is (and how to cultivate it): it's not just about introspection / by Tasha Eurich
- Why you should make time for self-reflection (even if you hate doing it): start small / by Jennifer Porter
- Making yourself indispensable: be outstanding at just a few things / by John H. Zenger, Joseph Folkman, and Scott Edinger
- How to play to your strengths: a systematic way to discover who you are at your very best / by Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Emily Heaphy, and Brianna Barker
- Get the feedback you need: when your boss is stingy with pointers and advice / by Carolyn O'Hara
- How getting actionable feedback can help you get promoted: ask questions that require specific answers / by Sabina Nawaz
- Section 3. Set goals for yourself: Nine things successful people do differently: strategies for setting
- and achieving
- goals / by Heidi Grant
- Stop setting goals you don't actually care about: you'll accomplish more when you focus on what you value / by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
- Before you set new goals, think about what you're going to stop doing: low-value work clogs up your calendar / by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
- Section 4. Become a better learner: Learning to learn: your only sustainable competitive advantage / by Erika Andersen
- 4 ways to become a better learner: it starts with developing learning agility / by Monique Valcour
- You can learn and get work done at the same time: don't wait for the right course to come along / by Liane Davey
- 4 practices of people who are always learning new skills: make the time and stay motivated / by Mike Kehoe
- Talking to yourself (out loud) can help you learn: but maybe don't do it in public / by Ulrich Boser
- Section5. Gain new skills: Make yourself an expert: acquire "deep smarts" on the fly / by Dorothy Leonard, Gavin Barton, and Michelle A. Barton
- Your career needs many mentors, not just one: you'll learn more from a wider group / by Dorie Clark
- 8 ways to read (a lot) more books this year: kill your television / by Neil Pasricha
- 3 ways to use MOOCs to advance your career: you don't have to finish a whole semester-long course / by Walter Frick
- Should you get an MBA?: Questions to help you decide / by Ed Batista
- Section 6. Move ahead, move up: you don't need a promotion to grow at work: ways to learn from where you are / by Jordan Stark and Katie Smith Milway
- Position yourself for a stretch assignment: you're not a perfect fit
- yet / by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
- Having the here's-what-i-want conversation with your boss: it doesn't have to be all-or-nothing / by Rebecca Shambaugh
- How to ask for a promotion: make your case, and then be patient / by Rebecca Knight
- Learn to get better at transitions: start by recognizing when it's time for one / by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox.