Announcement: Own Your Career- 2nd Edition - Out November 2024
The Own Your… book series is a compelling collection that empowers readers to take control of various aspects of their personal and professional lives. Each book in the series is designed to inspire growth, resilience, and self-mastery, offering practical tools and insights to navigate life’s challenges with confidence. Whether focusing on leadership, emotional intelligence, or personal fulfillment, this series equips individuals to live authentically and purposefully.
OWN YOUR CAREER
Taking your career development into your own hands can be intimidating, but also very rewarding. Develop a career that aligns with your passions, your life plan and builds personal wealth. Are you ready for a 45-year career? Are you starting or ending a career? Regardless, of your age, you will be successful by taking ownership of your career and remaining focused on your aspirations.
This book began as a helpful guide to my “20 something year old” kids and grew in scope to support all career developers. Developing a sustainable and meaningful career can help you live the life you want to live. You deserve a career that will allow you to explore new cultures, challenge the way you think about life and gives you the financial freedom to reinvest yourself. Enjoy a well lived career and life!
In this book I have laid out a simple career lifecycle model called ADAPT. ADAPT is a five-stage career lifecycle model that will help guide you through your career. In addition, I have provided 75 Tidbits, or short lessons learned, for quick and simple ways to reinforce the right behaviors to a successful career. You will immediately recognize what lifecycle stage you are in and be able to plan your next steps.
I have been fortunate to have a 45-year career in the consulting industry. My first inclination as a young adult was to become a long-haul truck driver. After “enjoying” hitchhiking trips through Canada, USA and Europe, I found a path to becoming CEO of two international consulting firms and CEO/Owner of a manufacturing company. It is my desire to share with you my lesson learned to support you in your career journey.
This book is not an academic study, rather a practical guide to help you as a career developer. I hope that this book, the ADAPT lifecycle model and the 75 Tidbits will be an easy and informative read. I am confident that you will reach your career aspirations!
OWN YOUR CAREER- 2ND EDITION
Since writing “Own Your Career-No One Else Will” I have been fortunate to mentor & coach several career developers. I use my book to guide each of my mentees, helping them identity their “career personality”, find their current career stage on the ADAPT Career Life Cycle Model and guide them with some of my relevant Tidbits. My mentoring and coaching continue to give me the insights on how employees and managers choose to build & guide their careers. Interestingly, each career journey is unique and is leading to diverse, exciting and inspiring careers for young and old alike. My mentees have inspired me to update “Own Your Career-No One Else Will” with text and Tidbits they find most interesting and helpful. This 2nd Edition incorporates my lessons learned from my mentees and colleagues. I am also glad to have hard cover, soft cover and audio versions of the book available. This book makes for a great reference book to help you in your career journey, or a great present for a graduate or a friend/family considering their career development. Wishing you the best of luck!
THE CAREER AND LIFE YOU DESERVE
Everyone talks about “work-life balance”. While it may be an easy term to use, it really doesn’t describe the challenge or opportunities of building a purposeful career and life. This book is about “Career Life Partnering”. Today it has become even harder to navigate a career and a life together, complementing and supporting each other. The distractions of today’s world can be overwhelming and not helpful to remaining focused on what matters. Maybe you feel stuck in a job or you have been overlooked for promotions or have found yourself unemployed or underemployed. In addition, feeling “burned-out” and not having enough time to pursue your passions, enjoy your friends or personally take care of yourself. This is a good time to refresh what you have learned about developing a career and living your life.
In this book I have laid out a simple Career Life Partnering Model that can be used to assess and plan for a successful career and fulfilling life. The Career Life Partnering Model has twenty essential building blocks. Each building block describes an ideal state from which you can assess your progress, determine your areas of needs and focus your intentions. Additionally, I have provided several Tidbits, or short lessons, for quick and simple ways to reinforce the right behaviors to a successful career and life. You will immediately recognize what building blocks are important to you and your priorities for your chapter of life.
This book is not an academic study. Rather, it’s a practical guide for career and life planning. I hope the book, the Career Life Partnering Model. Sacrificing your life for your career is not acceptable.
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