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2 Things You Can Do to Progress Your Career

Tavian Jean-Pierre
2 min readMar 15, 2022
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As someone who is not extroverted, it can be hard to imagine yourself in a leadership role. And if you are someone who seeks to progress their career, you may feel as though this is a blocker.

Luckily for you, the world of work is changing. We are now looking for people who are more autonomous and creative. The shift is allowing for people to have less direct reports and giving employees more control.

So, in this environment, here are two things you can do to progress your career without being a leader of others.

Develop Principles to Lead Yourself

As people are given more time to deliver their work, your leaders will have to be more focused on quality. Developing good methods to lead yourself to your best piece of work is essential.

Therefore, build good habits and use tools that can help you produce good quality work the first time around. Not only will this help improve your skillset, but it will also certainly progress your career as you impress with your work.

Having an Entrepreneurial Spirit

With more autonomy comes more freedom to do things the way you want them. Therefore, leaders are now hoping to see people who seek to challenge…

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Tavian Jean-Pierre
Tavian Jean-Pierre

Written by Tavian Jean-Pierre

Founder of the Better Conversations Podcast | Writer of The Edge Newsletter | Thought leadership in the topics of innovation, economics, and entrepreneurship

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