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Understand the business you're in

Understand the business you're in

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Understand the business you're in

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- I was on an airplane recently, and I met a charming, smart, young woman who worked in finance for a midsize firm. Over the course of our plane ride conversation, she told me she was trying to get promoted. I asked her some questions about our company, who are their clients? What did they sell? What was their strategy? And she didn't know any of it. She said, it's really hard to explain, and then she went on to say, I don't really do that, you see I'm in finance. Well, she may be doing her job well, but her lack of understanding about the overall business will probably prevent her from getting promoted. You know, I work with senior leaders on talent development and one of the biggest complaints that senior executives have about mid-level people is that they don't understand the business they're in. So let me share with you there are three things you need to know about your organization, no matter what your role.…

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