The Uncommon Executive

The Uncommon Executive

How To Get out of Thankless Work

When you're stuck in a no or low impact project, it's important to own the narrative and find a way to get onto higher impact work

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Yue Zhao
Jun 12, 2024
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Once, I got pulled into a thankless, mentally draining project that required long hours. The project did not have a measurable impact on metrics and KPIs. I was not rewarded for the additional effort during the performance review reason. How do you avoid wasting precious time and energy on such projects?

First, you have to recognize you are in a low (or…

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