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You Don’t Need a Promotion to Grow at Work

Harvard Business Review

One senior leader at a professional services company, whom we’ll call Bronwyn, made the move from client-facing partner to chief operating officer. You can accomplish this on the job, by seeking out a mentor or volunteering for special projects; and off the job through formal leadership training.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

Initiate whatever needed to ensure projects’ success. In her summary section, she highlighted accomplishments that show she can grow startups and alleviate their common pain points: Chief Operating Officer. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR.

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What Do 5 Top Women In Tech Have In Common?

Women on Business

This Internet entrepreneur and business executive is currently the Chief Operating Office at. Sheryl was also the former Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she launched Google’s philanthropic. Here current projects include. Sheryl Sandberg. arm, Google.org. Alexa Von Tobel.