Do Your Job So That Others Can Build On Top It

"Again, you should do your job in such a fashion others can build on top of it. Do not in the process try to make yourself indispensable; if you do then you cannot be promoted because you will be the only one who can do what you are now doing! I have seen a number of times where this clinging to the exclusive rights to the idea has in the long run done much harm to the individual and to the organization. If you are to get recognition then others must use your results, adopt, adapt, extend, and elaborate them, and in the process give you credit for it. "

In everything you do, take the extra effort to provide just a little more context so that your work can become useful to others outside your immediate audience. The more effort you put in, the more valuable your work can become.