HBR Guide to Your Professional Growth

Synopsis

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.-- 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.