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From Networking to Boundary Spanning: How You Can Get Results Inside Large Organizations


From Networking to Boundary Spanning: How You Can Get Results Inside Large Organizations
by Kitty Wooley

At its essence, this is advice to early-career employees from a retired U.S. federal government employee who rose through the ranks by taking initiative, making connections beyond her workgroup, and establishing herself as a go-to person to get things done. On another level, this is a call-to-action to shake up the organizational culture of large bureaucracies to make them more effective—and more fulfilling to work in.

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The Art of Being Indispensable at Work


The Art of Being Indispensable at Work
by Bruce Tulgan

Becoming a go-to person is the key to real influence at work. But it presents challenges like the risk of overcommitment, endless meetings, and trying to get things done across ambiguous lines of authority. When do you say yes? How do you say no? Bruce Tulgan breaks it down. 

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