HBR guide to your professional growth.

Section 1. Set a vision for your career: Reaching your potential: only you can define success for yourself / by Robert S. Kaplan
Developing a strategy for a life of meaningful labor: it's never too late (or too early) / by Brian Fetherstonhaugh
Think strategically about your career development: don't leave your professional growth to chance / by Dorie Clark
Section 2. Assess yourself and gather feedback: Career self-assessment worksheet: begin to document where you are
and where you want to be
What self-awareness really is (and how to cultivate it): it's not just about introspection / by Tasha Eurich
Why you should make time for self-reflection (even if you hate doing it): start small / by Jennifer Porter
Making yourself indispensable: be outstanding at just a few things / by John H. Zenger, Joseph Folkman, and Scott Edinger
How to play to your strengths: a systematic way to discover who you are at your very best / by Laura Morgan Roberts, Gretchen Spreitzer, Jane Dutton, Robert Quinn, Emily Heaphy, and Brianna Barker
Get the feedback you need: when your boss is stingy with pointers and advice / by Carolyn O'Hara
How getting actionable feedback can help you get promoted: ask questions that require specific answers / by Sabina Nawaz
Section 3. Set goals for yourself: Nine things successful people do differently: strategies for setting
and achieving
goals / by Heidi Grant
Stop setting goals you don't actually care about: you'll accomplish more when you focus on what you value / by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Before you set new goals, think about what you're going to stop doing: low-value work clogs up your calendar / by Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Section 4. Become a better learner: Learning to learn: your only sustainable competitive advantage / by Erika Andersen
4 ways to become a better learner: it starts with developing learning agility / by Monique Valcour
You can learn and get work done at the same time: don't wait for the right course to come along / by Liane Davey
4 practices of people who are always learning new skills: make the time and stay motivated / by Mike Kehoe
Talking to yourself (out loud) can help you learn: but maybe don't do it in public / by Ulrich Boser
Section5. Gain new skills: Make yourself an expert: acquire "deep smarts" on the fly / by Dorothy Leonard, Gavin Barton, and Michelle A. Barton
Your career needs many mentors, not just one: you'll learn more from a wider group / by Dorie Clark
8 ways to read (a lot) more books this year: kill your television / by Neil Pasricha
3 ways to use MOOCs to advance your career: you don't have to finish a whole semester-long course / by Walter Frick
Should you get an MBA?: Questions to help you decide / by Ed Batista
Section 6. Move ahead, move up: you don't need a promotion to grow at work: ways to learn from where you are / by Jordan Stark and Katie Smith Milway
Position yourself for a stretch assignment: you're not a perfect fit
yet / by Claudio Fernández-Aráoz
Having the here's-what-i-want conversation with your boss: it doesn't have to be all-or-nothing / by Rebecca Shambaugh
How to ask for a promotion: make your case, and then be patient / by Rebecca Knight
Learn to get better at transitions: start by recognizing when it's time for one / by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

No one will pay as close attention to your personal growth and development as you will. Whether you're lucky enough to work for an organization that encourages a learning mindset for everyone or whether you're in a place where only a handful of stars get all the heat and light when it comes to professional development, you are the best person to create and monitor your own curriculum. And increasingly in today's workplaces, you are responsible. Without an HR specialist or a personal coach to guide you, how can you assess your own strengths and weaknesses, gather and distill meaningful feedback, set goals for yourself beyond your job duties, gain the new skills you need to stay relevant and excel, nurture your curiosity, and continue to learn, grow, and evolve into your best self at work? Whether your development plan is vague or clear, you can establish a course to acquire and maintain the skills you'll need to be successful and close the gap between where you are now and where you'd like to be.-- Provided by publisher