Last year, I was so inspired by the various Best Of, Must Read, Smashing Science Fiction and Fantasy lists I encountered around the net that I decided to make my own book list, books chosen entirely on the basis of merit and significance to the field . People enjoyed the first list so much that I perpetrated sequels. I posted a number of lists, each twenty books long, each selected entirely on the basis of merit and significance to the field (ahem). Here, at last, the quintessence of Nicoll lists, comprising the books I would most heartily recommend. Each entry is annotated with a short description that I hope will explain why I picked it.
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What to do if your manager is holding you back from being promoted or derailing your upward mobility at a company
What to do if your manager is holding you back from being promoted or derailing your upward mobility at a company
Harrison MonarthDec 28, 2020, 20:20 IST
If your boss is holding you back, get specific about their expectations of what you need to do to get promoted.Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images
Harrison Monarth is an executive coach and the CEO and founder of Gurumaker, a leadership development service.
He says its not uncommon to encounter managers at
work who seem disinterested in your career growth or who actively undermine your efforts to get promoted.
Harrison Monarth is the CEO and founder of Gurumaker. Harrison Monarth
And yet, your career doesn t move an inch. In fact, you get the sense that your manager is actively blocking your path to promotion, putting you off whenever you raise the topic, offering vague scraps of hope with comments like Keep doing what you re doing or I m working on it, without every following up. Or worse they re offering deceptive assurances that You re next in line, all while you re watching less competent peers climb past you.
This was the case for one of my coaching clients, a research scientist who had even won a coveted internal innovation award for his contributions to his company s R&D efforts. Expecting to be promoted to the next level, as had been the custom whenever a researcher at the organization won this prestigious honor, my client instead found that his public recognition came without the anticipated career bump. He