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Experience, Opportunity, and Developing Your Career (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Experience, Opportunity, and Developing Your Career (HBR Work Smart Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Mimi Aboubaker, Ruchika T. Malhotra, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Deborah Grayson Riegel
May 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
208 pages
3h 5m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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17 Should You Really Be Indispensable at Work?

by Liz Wiseman

You may have heard the advice to make yourself indispensable at work. Sure, it sounds smart. Beyond the obvious plus of having a secure source of income, knowing that you’re needed may provide you with a sense of safety and ease your mental load (especially when layoffs are on the table).

But unfortunately—and despite the cacophony of articles swearing by this approach—it’s often unrealistic and shortsighted.

For the last several years, I’ve researched how top workplace contributors think and behave.1 Through interviews and surveys with employees around the world, I’ve found, for most people, the desire to have our work matter and make an impact is universal. I’ve also found ...

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ISBN: 9781647827069