When you start in a corporate as an employee, you will work in a department - legal, finance, or IT. You’ll spend most of your time in solving problems. These are viewed by CXOs are mostly as optimisations, aka, keep the business running.
If you want to increase your professional value, you should build your business acumen and begin spotting opportunities for business growth. That is when you will be leading teams that are incharge of innovation.
What other ways are there to increase your professional value?