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Managing Yourself for the Career You Want

by Harvard Business Review

Series:Results Driven Manager

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Including helpful strategies for finding mentors and networking, boosting personal emotional intelligence, and evaluating future job prospects, managers find actionable advice for getting and staying on a rewarding career track. This book includes fast and actionable tools and strategies for improving critical management skills.

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Results Driven Manager

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Genres: Nonfiction, Business
DDC/MDS: 658.4 — Applied science & technology Management & public relations General management Executive
LCC: HD38 .R414 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Management. Industrial management
BISAC: BUS BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Careers General

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Languages: English
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Published: 2004
Genres: Nonfiction, Business
DDC/MDS: 658.4
LCC: HD38 .R414

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