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Book SynopsisHow do you plot the best career path? How do you know you're heading in the right direction professionally? How do you effectively make a shift into a new industry about which you have little knowledge or experience? Looking Beyond the Car in Front, written by leading recruitment expert Grant Duncan, guides both senior and mid-career business executives in taking a more assertive and strategic longer-term approach to career choices. No other careers book includes insights from so many people who have steered their careers to the top of their professions.
The professional journey we're on is typically the result of a mixture of hard work, good luck, and brainpower, but not always proactive choices and decisions. Drawing on 40 years' experience of working with, talking to, and assessing executives with many different career journeys, the book offers an approach to set a longer-term mindset and a toolkit to help those who are thinking about their future career plan
Trade Review
"A well-written and highly useable take on how to take control of a career and maximise potential, illustrated by fascinating interviews with leading executives which bring this vividly to life." – William Eccleshare, Worldwide CEO of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc
"A practical and thoughtful career progression manual, rich in analysis, action-oriented advice and sound common sense." – Dame Cilla Snowball, Governor at Wellcome Trust, Director at Genome Research Ltd (Wellcome Sanger Institute), Non Executive Director Derwent London plc
"A genuinely insightful guide to help people approach their career choices in a more proactive way, combining a playbook of techniques with the real-world journeys of senior executives." – Gavin Patterson, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Salesforce
"A very practical and highly readable guide to career planning by a recognised leadership practitioner and thought-leader." – Stevie Spring CBE, Chairman of The British Council
"A well-written and highly useable take on how to take control of a career and maximise potential, illustrated by fascinating interviews with leading executives which bring this vividly to life." – William Eccleshare, Worldwide CEO of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc
"A practical and thoughtful career progression manual, rich in analysis, action-oriented advice and sound common sense." – Dame Cilla Snowball, Governor at Wellcome Trust, Director at Genome Research Ltd (Wellcome Sanger Institute), Non Executive Director Derwent London plc
"A genuinely insightful guide to help people approach their career choices in a more proactive way, combining a playbook of techniques with the real-world journeys of senior executives." – Gavin Patterson, President and Chief Revenue Officer, Salesforce
"A very practical and highly readable guide to career planning by a recognised leadership practitioner and thought-leader." – Stevie Spring CBE, Chairman of The British Council
Table of Contents1. Introduction
2. The Three Ages of Man
3. And the Ages of Woman?
4. Gen X, Y, Z…Whatever
5. On Entrepreneurs
6. The Context for Success
7. Looking in the Mirror
8. Where the Rubber Hits the Road
9. Defining Your Archetype
10. Get Out More
11. Going Social
12. The Endgame Game
13. Conclusion
14. Twelve Journeys
