Summaries of books about Career Development & Planning:
The Life Coaching Handbook
Everything You Need to be an effective life coach
Curly Martin
The book provides a comprehensive guide for individuals aspiring to become life coaches, covering essential coaching principles, techniques, and tools. It offers practical advice on building a coaching business, developing coaching skills, and creating effective coaching relationships with clients.
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Enhancing Professional Practice
A Framework for Teaching
Charlotte Danielson
The book presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating and improving teaching practices, detailing domains of teaching responsibility and performance levels. It provides educators with clear guidelines and practical tools for self-assessment, professional growth, and teaching excellence.
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How to Find Fulfilling Work
Roman Krznaric
The book explores the idea that finding a job that is fulfilling is not just about earning a living but about discovering a vocation that aligns with one's passions and values. It offers practical advice and philosophical insights on how to understand oneself better, overcome the fear of change, and take steps towards a more meaningful career path.
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Map It
The hands-on guide to strategic training design
Cathy Moore
The book provides a practical approach to designing effective training programs by using action mapping, a visual method that focuses on performance improvement. It offers step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, and tips on how to engage learners and measure the success of training interventions.
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Brag Better
Master the Art of Fearless Self-Promotion
Meredith Fineman
The book provides guidance on how to effectively self-promote without feeling inauthentic or boastful, emphasizing the importance of communicating one's achievements and strengths confidently. It offers practical advice and strategies for individuals to elevate their personal brand and gain recognition in their professional lives.
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Own Your Career Own Your Life
Stop Drifting and Take Control of Your Future
Andy Storch
The book provides guidance on taking proactive control of one's professional journey, emphasizing the importance of setting clear goals, developing a growth mindset, and building a personal brand. It offers practical advice and strategies for networking, continuous learning, and creating opportunities to advance and achieve career fulfillment.
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The Three Marriages
Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship
David Whyte
The book proposes that a fulfilling life requires a deep understanding and balancing of three crucial relationships: the one with oneself, one's work, and one's personal relationships. It explores how intertwining these aspects can lead to a more integrated and meaningful existence.
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Go Put Your Strengths to Work
6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance
Marcus Buckingham
The book provides a six-step approach to help individuals identify their personal strengths and leverage them in the workplace to enhance performance and satisfaction. It includes practical tools and strategies for applying one's strengths, overcoming obstacles, and making a lasting impact on one's career and organization.
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Betting on You
How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career
Laurie Ruettimann
The book provides practical advice on how to revitalize one's career by prioritizing self-care, setting boundaries, and investing in personal development. It encourages readers to break free from unfulfilling job routines by taking charge of their professional growth and finding meaning in their work.
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Great Leaders Grow
Becoming a Leader for Life
Ken Blanchard|Mark Miller
The book emphasizes the importance of continuous personal growth as a key component of effective leadership, presenting a model that encourages leaders to Gain knowledge, Reach out to others, Open their world, and Walk toward wisdom. Through a narrative about a young leader mentored by a seasoned CEO, it offers practical advice and strategies for leaders to nurture their development and adaptability in their professional journeys.
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