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Reference no. 9-494-082

Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour

Authors: Linda A Hill (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1994

Version: 15 December 1998

Length: 14 pages

Data source: Generalised experience

Topics: Management development; Organizational behavior; Management skills; Career planning; Interpersonal relations; Power and influence

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Designed to serve as background reading for the 'Managing Your Career' module of the second-year MBA elective Power and Influence. Describes the way in which managers learn and develop through on-the-job experience. Outlines a model for launching a 'success syndrome' by building power and influence over the course of one's career. Also identifies some of the special challenges of: (1) managing one's early career; (2) developing power as a minority in the organization and the 'glass ceiling' phenomenon; and (3) developing ethical judgment. Focusing special attention on the importance of self-assessment and introspection in building a successful career, the note concludes with a list of questions individuals should ask themselves periodically to take stock of their career and personal development.