An expert guide for professionals seeking to understand how to navigate the world of work.

Kimberly Brown, author of Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning into a Career You'll Love, leaves no stone unturned with this thorough, expert guide for professionals seeking to understand how to navigate the world of work, from beginning to end, starting with uncovering personal and professional values in an effort to align their expertise and skills to roles and companies that will finally change the trajectory of their career and set them up to be leaders in the workforce. As a former career development adviser in some of the nation's top universities and a diversity + inclusion professional in a Fortune 100 company, Brown has recognized that people work for the sake of working without understanding how to leverage their unique gifts and position themselves for success. As a result, Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning into a Career You'll Love shares transformational lessons to ensure success and puts the ball back in your court. In Brown's highly acclaimed book, a specific, effective framework is unveiled to ensure each reader channels and utilizes their highest potential as they regain control and steer professional opportunities in their favor, gaining key information as to:

  • Taking stock of their experiences to ensure strategic career moves
  • Discovering how to cultivate and maintain fruitful relationships that support career growth
  • Uncovering how to build a two-year career strategy to move you into future leadership positions
  • Gaining a deeper look into personal and professional branding to ensure alignment with leadership capabilities and career goals
  • Learning how to use their voice in the workplace to advocate for themselves
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Foreword xi

Definition of Career Transition xiii

Introduction 1

Part One 11

Chapter 1: Serving as a People Leader Is a Privilege, Not a Rite of Passage 13

Chapter 2: Taking Stock of Your Experiences 25

Part Two 41

Chapter 3: Core Values Are the Essence of What Make You Happy 43

Chapter 4: Setting Long-Term and Short-Term Career Goals 57

Chapter 5: Addressing Where You Are, So You Are Ready for Where You Want to Go 73

Chapter 6: Relationships Are Still Everything 85

Part Three 101

Chapter 7: Building Your Career Strategy 103

Chapter 8: Your Personal and Professional “Experience” – A Deeper Look into Personal and Professional Branding 117

Part Four 129

Chapter 9: How to Bring It All Together and Put It Out in the World 131

Chapter 10: Embracing Your Voice in the Workplace 143

Chapter 11: The Truth about Salary Negotiation 155

Chapter 12: How to Know When It’s Time to Go 173

Chapter 13: Put It All Together 185

Acknowledgments 197

Index 199

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An expert guide for professionals seeking to strategically navigate the world of work and make their next move their best move.

In Next Move, Best Move, career and leadership development expert and author Kimberly Brown delivers a practical and actionable manual for professionals to align their skills and passions with their careers. With detailed guidance on each and every page, Brown paves a clear path to create actionable strategies through a proven, effective framework and conscious processes, enabling professionals to do more, be more, and achieve more. In this book, you will discover how to:

  • Take stock of your experiences to ensure strategic career moves
  • Discover how to cultivate and maintain fruitful relationships that support career growth
  • Uncover how to build a two-year career strategy to transition into future leadership positions
  • Gain a deeper look into personal and professional branding to ensure alignment with leadership capabilities and career goals
  • Learn how to use your voice in the workplace to advocate for yourself

Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning into a Career You’ll Love puts the ball back in your court through transformational lessons to ensure you channel and utilize your highest potential.

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781119736226
Publisert
2021-07-05
Utgiver
Vendor
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
18 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter
Foreword by

Biographical note

KIMBERLY BROWN, author, career and leadership development expert, and entrepreneur, has been featured in Forbes, Money magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Fox 5, among many others. Through Brown's professional experiences as a career development adviser in some of the nation’s top universities and a diversity + inclusion professional in a Fortune 100 company, her highly celebrated book works in tandem with her experiences and sought-after leadership development company, Manifest Yourself, which provides fail-proof solutions to companies looking to engage and retain their workforce.

For more information, visit www.kimberlybonline.com