Manage Your Second Half of Life: Non-Traditional Strategies for Career Transition

Author: Ibarra (USA)
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Publication Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Professionals in the middle of their careers often face common issues: encountering bottlenecks in their career growth, reaching a plateau in their professional journey, feeling dissatisfied with their current achievements, and finding it difficult to identify suitable promotion opportunities. To address these concerns, organizational behavior professor Hermine shares insights and practical guidance by sharing the cases of 23 successful career transitioners. Readers who engage with the case analyses will benefit greatly, as they will transform their existing mindset and action patterns, break free from their current dilemmas, and build a necessary "transition period" during their career shift, ultimately achieving a successful transition. —Excerpted from Publishers Weekly
The stories in this book are inspiring and enlightening because they resonate so closely with our own experiences. How can we begin to improve our lives, and how can we change our careers? Ibarra has made significant breakthroughs in this regard. —Ronald A. Heifetz
This book tells the stories of 23 career changers and analyzes their experiences through established psychological and behavioral theories. Based on these individuals' stories and extended research in the social sciences, the book acknowledges the uncertainty of career transitions and identifies the fundamental principles of the process. However, it does not offer a ten-point plan for a better transition, as that is not the nature of the process. Instead, the book presents a straightforward and easy-to-understand framework that describes what the transition process truly involves and what differentiates between getting stuck and moving forward.
This book is not for everyone. It is not suitable for those just starting their careers, those who have intentionally slowed down their work-life pace, or those who have relaxed their grip on their jobs. It is designed for professionals in the middle of their careers who have invested significant time, energy, and training into their career paths and are beginning to question whether they should continue down this road.