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I have had the opportunity to see a multitude of professionals make tremendous strides in their careers as a direct result of their ability to act with courage and seize or create opportunities for themselves.
Valerie Capers Workman • Quantum Progression: The Art & Science of Career Advancement in the Age of A.I.
Build self-awareness to build mutual awareness. Say the thing you think you cannot say. Distinguish between management and leadership. Come back to your operating system.
Claire Hughes Johnson • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
The first questions to consider are: What are my passions, and which roles will feed them?
Timothy Butler • Getting Unstuck: A Guide to Discovering Your Next Career Path
personal ambition under control;
Robert C. Townsend • Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
While vast literature is not dedicated to this topic, there is enough to suggest that, due to differing KPEs, diverse groups might lead differently. It’s fascinating.
LaTonya Wilkins • Leading Below the Surface
In the first few weeks, you need to identify opportunities to build personal credibility.
Michael Watkins • The First 90 Days, Updated and Expanded: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter
It’s important to have a manager and executive leadership team you trust and believe in. It’s tempting to chase more senior roles at a startup early in your career, but I’m really thankful for the time I’ve spent working under experienced exes. At this point of my career, I’d rather work for someone I can learn from and ask questions of than be at
... See moreGayle Laakmann McDowell, Jackie Bavaro • Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology (Cracking the Interview & Career)
Great Groups are inevitably forged by people unafraid of hiring people better than themselves. Such recruiters look for two things: excellence and the ability to work with others.
Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
As a consultant, your identity and style are derived from your client’s identity and style: your persona is a shadow persona.