Impact Players
by Liz Wiseman
Wiseman studies the contributors managers value most and finds five practices: do the job that is needed, step up and step back, finish stronger, ask and adjust, make work light. It is research-based, specific and useful for anyone who wants to matter more at work without politics.
Read it if…
you work hard and are not seen as indispensable, and want to know why.
Skip it if…
you lead and want a leadership book; read Multipliers first.
Three things you will actually use
- Do what is needed, not just what is assigned.
- Finish; half-done work creates work for others.
- Make yourself easy to work with.
Do this first
Ask your manager what the most important unsolved problem on the team is, and work on that.
Our verdict
Specific and practical; a career book for contributors.
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