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# Next Generation Leadership

## [9 Tips for Being Irreplaceable at Work (Part 2 of 2)](https://blog.deettajones.com/nine-tips-for-being-irreplaceable-at-work)

[inclusion](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/inclusion), [leadership](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/leadership), [reflection](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/reflection), [perception](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/perception), [self-awareness](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/self-awareness), [identity](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/identity)

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 While thinking about all that you are and have to bring to your clients, colleagues, and employers, consider how they know you add value. My assertion here is that being awesome isn’t enough. Someone else, and hopefully someone who matters, must know exactly what you bring and how it makes you indispensable—irreplaceable if you will. Seth Godin, author and thought leader, describes irreplaceable...

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## [Unique, Multi-Dimensional, Irreplaceable You (Part 1 of 2)](https://blog.deettajones.com/unique-multi-dimensional-irreplaceable-you)

[inclusion](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/inclusion), [women](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/women), [leadership](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/leadership), [reflection](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/reflection), [perception](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/perception), [self-awareness](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/self-awareness), [identity](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/identity)

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 My kitchen table is spilling over with textbooks, lined paper, construction paper, a shoe box, some old and unwanted papers mixed in with some of my favorite magazines, a bowl of grapes, several tumblers of water, an iPad, a baseball cap, a hoodie, three #2 pencils and erasers (and of course eraser dust everywhere). And just a couple of feet away, my stove top is covered with pots and pans, field...

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