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Take Charge of Your Career

Today's workplace is nothing like the one your dad knew and loved. Gone are clear career paths and the assurance of a lifetime of secure employment with one company. Instead, workers leapfrog from company to company and expertise to expertise. Success and happiness in this world depend on one thing: the ability to take charge of your own destiny. This course offers a series of steps to help you navigate the complexities of today's work world while gaining increased responsibility, satisfaction, and compensation.

1. Navigating Today's Work World

This is not your father's economy. Lesson 1 helps you understand today's work world and what it takes to survive and thrive.

2. Your Self at Work

Lesson 2 helps you understand your job responsibilities and your manager's expectations, introduces you to concepts that will allow you to identify your key strengths and not-so-fatal flaws, and offers insight into ways to apply them for greater success and satisfaction.


3. The Job You Have

Succeeding in today's workplace means finding a passion for the work you do, no matter what it is. Lesson 3 offers more tips about getting the most from the job you have now.

4. The Job You Want

Having a vision of the perfect job allows you to plan strategically for getting it. Lesson 4 helps you identify the steps between you and your ideal.


5. Continuous Learning: The Key to a Lifetime of Success

Lesson 5 underscores the importance of continually challenging yourself and building your skill set.

6. Putting It All Together

Lesson 6 offers a final overview of strategies for workplace success, including a quick look at overcoming burnout and revitalizing yourself.


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