HBR guide to your professional growth.
- Boston, Massachusetts : Harvard Business Review Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource.
- Harvard Business Review guides .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Section 1. Set a vision for your career: Reaching your potential: only you can define success for yourself / Developing a strategy for a life of meaningful labor: it's never too late (or too early) / Think strategically about your career development: don't leave your professional growth to chance / 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 / Why you should make time for self-reflection (even if you hate doing it): start small / Making yourself indispensable: be outstanding at just a few things / How to play to your strengths: a systematic way to discover who you are at your very best / Get the feedback you need: when your boss is stingy with pointers and advice / How getting actionable feedback can help you get promoted: ask questions that require specific answers / Section 3. Set goals for yourself: Nine things successful people do differently: strategies for setting -- and achieving -- goals / Stop setting goals you don't actually care about: you'll accomplish more when you focus on what you value / Before you set new goals, think about what you're going to stop doing: low-value work clogs up your calendar / Section 4. Become a better learner: Learning to learn: your only sustainable competitive advantage / 4 ways to become a better learner: it starts with developing learning agility / You can learn and get work done at the same time: don't wait for the right course to come along / 4 practices of people who are always learning new skills: make the time and stay motivated / Talking to yourself (out loud) can help you learn: but maybe don't do it in public / Section5. Gain new skills: Make yourself an expert: acquire "deep smarts" on the fly / Your career needs many mentors, not just one: you'll learn more from a wider group / 8 ways to read (a lot) more books this year: kill your television / 3 ways to use MOOCs to advance your career: you don't have to finish a whole semester-long course / Should you get an MBA?: Questions to help you decide / Section 6. Move ahead, move up: you don't need a promotion to grow at work: ways to learn from where you are / Position yourself for a stretch assignment: you're not a perfect fit -- yet / Having the here's-what-i-want conversation with your boss: it doesn't have to be all-or-nothing / How to ask for a promotion: make your case, and then be patient / Learn to get better at transitions: start by recognizing when it's time for one / by Robert S. Kaplan -- by Brian Fetherstonhaugh -- by Dorie Clark -- by Tasha Eurich -- by Jennifer Porter -- by John H. Zenger, Joseph Folkman, and Scott Edinger -- by Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Emily Heaphy, and Brianna Barker -- by Carolyn O'Hara -- by Sabina Nawaz -- by Heidi Grant -- by Elizabeth Grace Saunders -- by Elizabeth Grace Saunders -- by Erika Andersen -- by Monique Valcour -- by Liane Davey -- by Mike Kehoe -- by Ulrich Boser -- by Dorothy Leonard, Gavin Barton, and Michelle A. Barton -- by Dorie Clark -- by Neil Pasricha -- by Walter Frick -- by Ed Batista -- by Jordan Stark and Katie Smith Milway -- by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz -- by Rebecca Shambaugh -- by Rebecca Knight -- by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox.
No one will pay as close attention to your personal growth and development as you will. Whether you're lucky enough to work for an organization that encourages a learning mindset for everyone or whether you're in a place where only a handful of stars get all the heat and light when it comes to professional development, you are the best person to create and monitor your own curriculum. And increasingly in today's workplaces, you are responsible. Without an HR specialist or a personal coach to guide you, how can you assess your own strengths and weaknesses, gather and distill meaningful feedback, set goals for yourself beyond your job duties, gain the new skills you need to stay relevant and excel, nurture your curiosity, and continue to learn, grow, and evolve into your best self at work? Whether your development plan is vague or clear, you can establish a course to acquire and maintain the skills you'll need to be successful and close the gap between where you are now and where you'd like to be.--