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“Too Long, Didn’t Read:” Your Career Depends On Exec Summaries

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You got good at your job because you’re good at the details. But you won’t get promoted beyond your job because you’re good at details. You’ll get promoted because you know how to summarize. It seems unfair. You’re good at details. Yet, it seems that executives at your organization never want to understand the details. […]

Filed Under: Better Worklife, Self Management Tagged With: career management, executive summary, promotion, tl;dr, too long didn't read

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