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How to Find Fulfilling Work
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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
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Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes
whether It Is Chosen Or Thrust Upon You, Change Brings Both Opportunities And Turmoil. Since First Published 25 Years Ago, transitions Has Helped Hundreds Of Thousands Of Readers Cope With These Issue...s By Providing An Elegantly Simple Yet Profoundly Insightful Roadmap Of The Transition Process. With The Understanding Born Of Both Personal And Professional Experience, William Bridges Takes Readers Step By Step Through The Three Stages Of Any Transition: The Ending, The Neutral Zone, And, In Time, The New Beginning. Bridges Explains How Each Stage Can Be Understood And Embraced, Leading To Meaningful And Productive Movement Into A Hopeful Future. With A New Introduction Highlighting How The Advice In The Book Continues To Apply And Is Perhaps Even More Relevant Today, And A New Chapter Devoted To Change In The Workplace, transitions Will Remain The Essential Guide For Coping With The One Constant In Life: Change.
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One
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Getting There: A Book of Mentors
The Path To Success Is Rarely Easy Or Direct, And Good Mentors Are Hard To Find. In Getting There, Thirty Leaders In Diverse Fields Share Their Secrets To Navigating The Rocky Road To The Top. In An H...onest, Direct, And Engaging Way, These Role Models Describe The Obstacles They Faced, The Setbacks They Endured, And The Vital Lessons They Learned. They Dispense Not Only Essential And Practical Career Advice, But Also Priceless Wisdom Applicable To Life In General. Getting There Is For Everyone--from Students Contemplating Their Futures To The Vast Majority Of Us Facing Challenges Or Seeking To Reach Our Potential. Warren Buffett -- Matthew Weiner -- Michael Bloomberg -- Sara Blakely -- Anderson Cooper -- David Boies -- John Paul Dejoria -- J. Craig Venter -- Leslie Moonves -- Jillian Michaels -- Jim Koch -- Ian Schrager -- Graydon Carter -- Kathy Ireland -- Nitin Nohria -- Marina Abramović -- Tom Scott -- Wendy Kopp -- Laird Hamilton -- Muhammad Yunus -- Rachel Zoe -- Jeff Kinney -- Jeff Koons -- Gary Hirshberg -- Craig Newmark -- Stacey Snider -- Helene Gayle -- Hans Zimmer -- Daniel Boulud -- Frank Gehry. Gillian Zoe Segal.
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
From executives caught in the corporate jungle to students who are clueless about career choices, readers are expertly coached through the process of designing a career by the award-winning founder of... the Rockport Institute.
Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
In This Powerful Book, Herminia Ibarra Presents A New Model For Career Reinvention That Flies In The Face Of Everything We've Learned From Career Experts. While Common Wisdom Holds That We Must First ...Know What We Want To Do Before We Can Act, Ibarra Argues That This Advice Is Backward. Knowing, She Says, Is The Result Of Doing And Experimenting. Career Transition Is Not A Straight Path Toward Some Predetermined Identity, But A Crooked Journey Along Which We Try On A Host Of Possible Selves We Might Become. Based On Her In-depth Research On Professionals And Managers In Transition, Ibarra Outlines An Active Process Of Career Reinvention That Leverages Three Ways Of Working Identity: Experimenting With New Professional Activities, Interacting In New Networks Of People, And Making Sense Of What Is Happening To Us In Light Of Emerging Possibilities.--jacket. Reinventing Yourself -- Identity In Transition. Possible Selves. Between Identifies. Deep Change -- Identity In Practice. Crafting Experiments. Shifting Connections. Making Sense -- Putting The Unconventional Strategies To Work. Becoming Yourself. Herminia Ibarra. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 183-192) And Index.
The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career
The World Of Work Has Changed. Remember The Days When, For The Vast Majority Of People, A Job Was (at Best) A Means To A Paycheck And (at Worst) Total Drudgery? When You Had To Blindly Scour The Web F...or Generic Job Postings? When Picking A Major Meant Picking A Life-long Career Path? But Career Trajectories Aren't Scripted And Linear Anymore. Moreover, People Don't Discover And Apply For Jobs The Same Way, And Employers Don't Find And Evaluate Applicants The Same Way Either. So Why Do So Many Career Books On The Shelves Still Offer Advice Tailored To The Old Way? In This Definitive Playbook To The Ever-changing Modern Workplace, Kathryn Minshew And Alexandra Cavoulacos, The Co-founders Of Popular Career Website Themuse.com, Show How To Play The Game By The New Rules. Through Quick Exercises And Structured Tips, You Will Learn: ·the New Rules For Finding The Right Path: Sift Through, And Narrow Today's Ever-growing Menu Of Job And Career Options, Using The Simple Step-by-step Muse Method. ·the New Rules For Landing The Perfect Job: Build Your Personal Brand, And Communicate Exactly How You Can Contribute And Why Your Experience Is Valuable In A Way That Is Sure To Get The Attention Of Your Dream Employer. Then Ace Every Step Of The Interview Process, From Getting A Foot In The Door To Negotiating Your Offer. The New Rules For Growing And Advancing In Your Career: Mastering First Impressions, The Art Of Communication, Networking, Managing Up And Other Soft Skills -- And Make It Obvious That Whatever Level You're At, You're Ready To Move Ahead. Whether You Are Starting Out In Your Career, Looking To Advance, Navigating A Mid-career Shift, Or Anywhere In Between, This Is The Book You Need To Thrive In The New World Of Work-- In This Definitive Guide To The Ever-changing Modern Workplace, Kathryn Minshew And Alexandra Cavoulacos, The Co-founders Of Popular Career Website Themuse.com, Show How To Play The Game By The New Rules. The Muse Is Known For Sharp, Relevant, And Get-to-the-point Advice On How To Figure Out Exactly What Your Values And Your Skills Are And How They Best Play Out In The Marketplace. Now Kathryn And Alex Have Gathered All Of That Advice And More In The New Rules Of Work. Through Quick Exercises And Structured Tips, The Authors Will Guide You As You Sort Through Your Countless Options; Communicate Who You Are And Why You Are Valuable; And Stand Out From The Crowd. The New Rules Of Work Shows How To Choose A Perfect Career Path, Land The Best Job, And Wake Up Feeling Excited To Go To Work Every Day-- Whether You Are Starting Out In Your Career, Looking To Move Ahead, Navigating A Mid-career Shift, Or Anywhere In Between-- Part One: What Do I Actually Want?. Reflect : Understanding Yourself ; Research : The Muse Method For Laying Out A Full Set Of Choices--including Those You May Not Know You Have ; Refine : Choosing (and Trying Out) Your Next Steps -- Part Two: Making Your Move. The New Rules Of Building Your Personal Brand ; The New Rules Of Networking ; The New Rules Of Finding Job Opportunities And Openings ; The New Rules Of Crafting Your Application ; The New Rules Of Acing The Interview (or Interviews ...) ; The New Rules Of Nailing Your Negotiation -- Part Three: Charting Your Course Through The Modern Workplace. The New Rules Of Communication ; The New Rules Of Interpersonal Skills ; The New Rules Of Productivity ; The New Rules Of Career Advancement. Alexandra Cavoulacos And Kathryn Minshew, Themuse, In Collaboration With Adrian Granzella Larssen And The Muse's Writers, Editors, And Career Experts. Includes Index.
The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments
The author of the best-selling Transitions turns inward, revealing how personal tragedy can yield growth and rejuvenation San Jose Mercury News In this honest, moving account, Bridges meshes his perso...nal journey through the abyss of loss with helpful, seasoned lessons that can be applied to the end of marriage, job loss, or retirement, even death.
Transitions: Prayers and Declarations for a Changing Life
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