Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job by Sally Helgesen

PART I
On Being Stuck

CHAPTER 1
Where We’re Coming From
In 2015, a mutual friend and colleague, Mike Dulworth,
sent the two of us—Sally and Marshall—an e-mail with the
subject line “Crazy Idea!” His suggestion? That we
collaborate on the book you now hold in your hands.
We both immediately knew it was a great idea.
Explaining why requires a bit of background.
In 2007, Marshall published his international best seller,
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful
People Become Even More Successful. There was a gold
sticker on the front cover that read: Discover the 20
Workplace Habits You Need to Break. The lead
endorsement came from Alan Mulally, then CEO of Ford
Motor Company, CEO of the Year in the United States, and
one of Marshall’s superstar coaching clients: “Marshall’s
proven improvement process ROCKS!”
In the book, Marshall identified twenty behaviors that
often trip up high achievers in their quest to make it to the
next level. These are habits he’s repeatedly observed
hindering talented people from reaching their full potential,
diminishing their ability to inspire and lead others, and at

Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job by Sally Helgesen