Description
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Diagram
Learn to understand and describe workplaces —and your own work
Chapter 1 The Key to Workplace Satisfaction and the Cure for Workplace Suffering 15
A Bigger View of Work | Why Business Models? | Changing Times, Changing Models | People Must Change, Too | Work Models for Everyone | An Ecology of Work | Career “Planning” Is Dead: Long Live Work Modeling
Chapter 2 To Understand Your Work, Understand Your Workplace 23
The Business Model Canvas | Every Organization Has a Business Model | Who Is the Customer? | What Jobs Do Customers Need to Have Done? | The Harsh Truth | Why Pictures? | The Nine Building Blocks | A Way to Understand the World of Work | Systems Thinking for the Rest of Us | Thinking Ahead Is Good, Thinking Outward Is Better | The Enterprise Service Model Canvas | Next Steps for You
Chapter 3 Next, Diagram How You Work 65
The Work Model Canvas | Your First Work Model: Drafting Time! | The Power of “Third Objects” to Help You—and Others | Self-Check Your As-Is Model
2 Reflect
Revisit your work model and consider parts that need to change
Chapter 4 Now, Identify “Hotspots” and Refine Your Professional Identity 93
Time for Reflection | “Hotspots”: What They Are and How to Identify Them | Daughters and Fathers | How to Spot Pain or Potential | Deal with Hotspots Using the Three Questions | How to Navigate Career Space | Your “North Star” for a Lifelong Career Journey | Define Your Superpower | How to Define Your Professional Identity | A Message to the Unsure | The “Passion” Myth | Design Your Life | Three Things You Can “Make” | Avoid Gravity Problems | Stuck? Try This | Before Turning the Page, Ask Yourself .
3 Revise
Re-diagram your work model
Chapter 5 Revise Your Work Model 125
A New Role for a New Customer | How to Revise Your Work Model | The Power of Prototyping | Different Stages, Different Models | Calculating Costs and Consequences | Ask Diagnostic Questions | Modify Blocks and Evaluate Effects | Re-Diagram Your Model | Should You Become Self-Employed? | Pivoting from Employee to Entrepreneur | Pause and Ask Yourself .
4 Test
Test your work model
Chapter 6 Now, Test Your Work Model 155
Eric Tests His Revised Model | What If Your Situation Differs from Eric’s? | The Valuable Work Detector | Testing Detects More Valuable Work | How to Test Models | How Professionals Test Work Models | Testing Detects More Valuable Work | How to Test Models | Who to Approach and What to Say | Script for a First-Time Referral Contact | Meet Your Referrals | The Secret Question | How to Obtain “Insider” Data | Should You Become Self-Employed? | Disadvantage Becomes Superpower | Coach Yourself Now!
Chapter 7 Brand and Promote Yourself 181
Reasons to Choose You | A Personal Brand Supercharges Your Work Model | The Personal Brand Canvas | How to Solve Personal Brand Canvas Problems | Personal Brand Fitness | Want More Credibility? Mine Your Memory | How to Engage Your Audience | FIrst, Craft a Digital Identity That Doesn’t Suck | Coach Yourself Now!
5 Next Steps
Learn how to keep going—and meet the community and resources behind Business Model You®
Chapter 8 The Three Commandments of Career Change 207
Bedrock Principles for a Distracted World | 1. Keep Outward Focus | 2. Model | 3. Ask the Three Questions
Chapter 9 Ask Yourself the Three Questions 215
A Lifetime Career Navigation System | When Is It Time to Move Up? | When Is It Time to Move Out? | When Is It Time to Adapt Your Style? | The Three Commandments and Think Out Loud Partners | Challenge Yourself With These Questions:
Chapter 10 Find Your Think Out Loud Partner 233
Can You Hear You? | Become a Thought Partner for a Less Experienced Person | What Work Means | Food for Thought The Final Word
Resources 244
Creator Bios | Community and Other Resources | Citations | Index
