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Super Players
How the Best Transform their Career and Company with High-Impact Habits
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About the Book
Jessica wanted the promotion. Then she got it.
At 26, she was suddenly managing five former peers. She worked hard, solved problems, kept the team together, and earned everyone’s respect.
Jessica was doing a good job. So why wasn’t that good enough? That uncomfortable question sits at the heart of Super Players.
Most employees are doing what they believe is expected of them. Yet they still get overlooked, stalled, or surprised when someone else receives the bigger opportunity.
The problem is not always effort. It is the gap between doing your job well and creating the kind of value leaders can clearly see, trust, and reward.
From Verne Harnish, author of the million-plus-copy-selling Scaling Up, and Inc. columnist and storyteller Kevin Daum, Super Players reveals four high-impact attributes that help people at every career stage become more valuable to their companies—and more in control of what happens next.
Through funny, familiar, and occasionally painful workplace stories, you will meet capable people who appear to be doing everything right. Then you will see what they missed, how a Super Player would respond differently, and what you can do immediately.
- No hustle worship.
- No office-politics tricks.
- No vague advice to “follow your passion.”
Just a practical guide to creating more value by mastering these four attributes:
- Will
- Values
- Results
- Skills
For employees, it is a path to greater trust, opportunity, influence, and earning potential.
Start with one story. By Monday, you will know what to do differently.
And somewhere along the way, you may recognize Jessica… Your boss… Or yourself…
For leaders, it is a way to show people what initiative, ownership, and real contribution actually look like.
Product Details
- Publisher: Forbes Books (October 13, 2026)
- Length: 144 pages
- ISBN13: 9798887505398
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Raves and Reviews
“Super Players offers concrete guidance to help under-resourced managers and employees develop and survive.”
Booklife by Publishers Weekly
“An insightful guide for improving one’s career landscape, Super Players is about optimizing one’s impact, and chances for advancement, at work.”
Foreword Reviews
“An insightful guide to taking one’s workplace to the next level.”
Kirkus
“Super Players is a valuable manual that provides employees with the impetus to climb the career ladder to the very top.”
IndieReader
“Super Players delivers practical advice for professional development and career success, and it delivers an outstanding philosophy: employment is a pact, every day is an audition, and 'good enough' is the enemy of great.”
The Book Commentary
“Super Players is a fantastic career guide, and a genuinely useful tool for professionals seeking career advancement.”
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