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11 Bad Habits That Can Derail Your Career

How is it that some people's careers seem to rise in meteoric fashion, while others never get off the launch pad?

No doubt, some will attribute success like that to luck but successful people often set the stage for their opportunities, make sure they're ready when opportunity knocks on the door.

This fast-read, 27-page report details 11 habits that are easy to spot in other but, may be difficult to recognize in ourselves. They are a sure-fire way to get yourself noticed in a negative way - and wreck a career in a flash.

Inside you'll find real examples of these poor habits in action, why they're career wreckers and, how to correct each negative habit to turn it into a career builder.

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In this Essential Insight, you'll find 11 bad habits and traits that can send your career into a downward spiral, or leave you stuck in neutral and going nowhere fast. You'll discover why these habits can easily fall into your blind spot and keep you from raises and promotions, plus:
  1. The #1 way to ensure you'll never be promoted
  2. Get out of the weeds! Why your boss doesn't care about the minutiae – and neither should you
  3. The seemingly harmless trait that has the potential to not only tank your career – but your entire company
  4. Why hiring a "Steady Eddie" could mean the end of your career
  5. Are you a bottlenecker? The #1 way to find out if you're secretly holding your team back
  6. Double jeopardy: how this most damaging habit hurts you and your team
  7. If you can't admit this … you'll be going nowhere fast
  8. A fool-proof way to lose the respect of your employees – and your boss
  9. How you set your employee standards – without saying a word
  10. The "kiss of death" for any career – and how to avoid it
  11. Henry Kissinger's lesson on effort in the workplace
  12. How you answer this one question could drive your career into the ground
  13. The one phrase your boss never, ever, wants to hear
  14. What your boss wants to know – and not know – about your team's big picture
  15. 9 phrases that bring toxic, negative energy into the workplace
  16. Are you busy? Why the answer to that question tells you if you're going up the ladder
  17. #1 fear that can cripple your career in under a minute
  18. The 6-letter word you can use to make sure you're always on top of your game
  19. Why scripting your responses are just as bad as winging it
  20. Real-life scenarios of each bad habit in action
  21. If this "phenomenon" is happening under your watch, then you're likely the next one in the hot seat

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From bite sized pieces of wisdom to full on training series, I highly recommend Resourceful Manager!
Cindy Saunders, SPHR|GPHR|SHRM-SCP,
Human Resources Business Partner
This is one of the best resources I have had as a people manager and use it frequently. I find good guidance and information to use and share.
Joe Byrne,
Sr. Customer Operations Manager,
Inflight Connectivity
Quick actionable advice backed by research. I also appreciate the common format of the blueprints and depth that is available to make implementation dynamic to my application (I don't feel like I have to change the world at once).
Kenson,
Quality Manager