Managing your career.

Choose your words carefully / Paul Anderson --
Smart managers don't repeat mistakes / Sir Richard Evans --
Challenge ideas, not people / John Stewart --
Virtuous circle of competence and confidence / Gill Rider --
Take ownership of your own development / Jay Conger --
Never lose integrity / Blythe McGarvie --
Three essential attributes for career advancement / Dina Dublon --
Make time for the unexpected / Lynda Gratton --
Always be resilient / Peter Ellwood --
Nothing succeeds like success / Jeffrey Pfeffer --
Designed life / Richard Pascale --
Learn when to follow your instincts / Sir Michael Rake --
Long-range view over short-term expediency / Gerry Roche --
Work as a learning experience / Sir George Mathewson.

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