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When Trusted with More (Why Your 6 Career-Building Metrics Won't Get You to the Top--and What Will)
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Product Details
Author:
Azhar Syed
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
224
Publisher:
Berrett-Koehler Publishers (June 22, 2027)
Imprint:
Montgomery Station Press
Release Date:
June 22, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9798890573292
Weight:
13oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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$24.95
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United States
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65
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24
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Overview
For senior leaders whose strong record no longer settles the question being asked about them.
Former global C-suite executive and executive coach Azhar Syed explains why strong performance stops being enough for senior advancement—and what changes when it does.
Senior leaders are often surprised when the qualities that built their careers no longer move them forward. They deliver strong results, develop deep expertise, make important contributions, and earn support from influential people, yet they still are not chosen for broader responsibility.
Syed identifies 6 familiar metrics leaders use to make the case for advancement:
Each metric reflects a real way of creating value. But none, by itself, fully answers the question senior decision-makers are trying to resolve: Can this leader be trusted with greater risk, broader consequences, and decisions that affect the whole organization?
Syed explains why becoming indispensable can keep a leader tied to a current role, why being right does not establish judgment at a wider radius unless others can test and carry the decision, why a powerful sponsor cannot make an appointment defensible on the leader’s behalf, and why genuine change may go unnoticed by the people whose expectations matter.
Readers will learn what broader responsibility asks of them, what their record currently establishes, what decision-makers may reasonably infer, and how to distinguish between a gap they can address and a barrier embedded in the organization.
Clear and candid, this book helps senior leaders understand why their established evidence may no longer settle the next decision—and what their record needs to establish before others can confidently trust them with more.
Former global C-suite executive and executive coach Azhar Syed explains why strong performance stops being enough for senior advancement—and what changes when it does.
Senior leaders are often surprised when the qualities that built their careers no longer move them forward. They deliver strong results, develop deep expertise, make important contributions, and earn support from influential people, yet they still are not chosen for broader responsibility.
Syed identifies 6 familiar metrics leaders use to make the case for advancement:
- Results: “Look What I Have Delivered”
- Expertise: “Look What I Know”
- Personal Contribution: “Look What I Do”
- Judgment: “Look How Right I Am”
- Sponsorship: “Look Who Backs Me”
- Reputation: “Look How I Have Changed”
Each metric reflects a real way of creating value. But none, by itself, fully answers the question senior decision-makers are trying to resolve: Can this leader be trusted with greater risk, broader consequences, and decisions that affect the whole organization?
Syed explains why becoming indispensable can keep a leader tied to a current role, why being right does not establish judgment at a wider radius unless others can test and carry the decision, why a powerful sponsor cannot make an appointment defensible on the leader’s behalf, and why genuine change may go unnoticed by the people whose expectations matter.
Readers will learn what broader responsibility asks of them, what their record currently establishes, what decision-makers may reasonably infer, and how to distinguish between a gap they can address and a barrier embedded in the organization.
Clear and candid, this book helps senior leaders understand why their established evidence may no longer settle the next decision—and what their record needs to establish before others can confidently trust them with more.
