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May 2021
25m 19s

How To Talk Yourself Up (Without Turning...

Harvard Business Review
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Leslie John, associate professor at Harvard Business School, has done some deep research into the ways that people self-promote in their professional lives and identified what works and what doesn't. She says it is possible tout your own accomplishments without annoying your colleagues, if you do it at the right time or enlist others to boast on your behalf. ... Show More
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