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**International Book Awards Finalist: Careers & Best Cover Design (Non-Fiction)**
We all 'play the game' at work.
As we begin our journey in the professional world, we're encouraged to compete, to participate in a system of promotions, pay raises, bonuses... but how far should we take this game? And, perhaps more importantly, where will this game take us if we limit ourselves to thinking this way?
In attempting to master and gain an advantage in the 'system', we use short cuts, blips, hacks, or 'cheats'. Particularly in the early phases of professional life, it can be irresistibly tempting to focus on whatever tactics help us progress.
But this comes at a cost.
The longer we pursue this approach, the further we navigate away from meaning and purpose. The hacks and cheats start to define us. The professional persona or façade we assume becomes a parasite, feeding on our integrity and eroding our individuality.
A Groundhog Career, through a combination of the hugely entertaining Shey Sinope fable, and the accompanying deeply insightful and thought-provoking analysis from Drs Schuster & Oxley, illustrates the absurdities, temptations, rationalizations, consequences and compromises faced by anyone who wants to succeed in a world where all the power seems to be in the entrenched organizational systems. It also reveals how to be more aware of the risks, to stay aligned with your core identity and your convictions, and ultimately how to take control of your own career journey... to live professional life on your own terms.
'Entertaining, wise, humorous, an intergenerational approach to career and life. So much more than just a book about career choices.' Sir Ian Davis, Businessman, formerly Managing Director of McKinsey Company and Rolls Royce Chairman.
'Career advice reimagined for our times. There is great wisdom in this highly entertaining and thought-provoking new take on how to get the most from professional life.' Trisha Conley, Executive Vice President, People and Culture at LyondellBasel
Contents
Cover
Praise
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Part I: A Groundhog Career
Chapter 1: There was a storm brewing
Chapter 2: Into the breach
Chapter 3: Into the breach once more
Chapter 4: Whether to suffer the breaches of outrageous fortune
Chapter 5: A breach is what you make it
Chapter 6: The first day of the rest of your life - TGI Friday!
Part II: Living Professional Life on your Own Terms
Chapter 7: A groundhog career - introduction to Part II
Chapter 8: Don't become a captive of the career game
Chapter 9: Pursue your career not someone else's
Chapter 10: Reframing leadership - from control to shared purpose
Chapter 11: And finally... a defence of formulas
Authors' notes
Acknowledgements
Supplementary notes
Index
