Being good at your job got you this far. It won't get you trusted with more.You're capable and reliable – the person people bring the hard problems to. Yet the promotion goes to someone else, the client relationship is handed to a colleague, and the decision you spent weeks analysing is made in a meeting you weren't invited to.Trusted With More explains why, and what to do about it. Competence gets you trusted with work. Judgement, communication, relationships, ownership and visible impact get you trusted with bigger decisions.In 100 short lessons, each readable in five minutes and usable at work the same day, you'll learn how to:• Lead with the answer and explain technical detail in business terms• Make your contribution visible without boasting• Build relationships before you need them and influence decisions ethically• Turn vague feedback and "next round, definitely" into specific criteria and dates• Judge job offers on authority, manager quality and learning – not titles• Delegate, coach and build a team that succeeds without you• Recognise when the problem is the environment, not youFollow Steve, a capable professional whose career has stalled, as he tries these ideas, gets some wrong and gradually changes. Lessons draw on documented history and published research, with sources listed.Includes 20 diagrams, 10 reusable templates (achievement log, one-page executive update, stakeholder map, promotion evidence table, decision memo, job-offer scorecard and more) and a practical 90-day plan.For consultants, engineers, technology professionals, managers, specialists and anyone building a career in a new country who wants their work to lead to greater responsibility – without becoming someone they're not. Read more
