- Provides tried-and-tested strategic planning tools and practical exercises, borrowed from successful business practice, to apply to individual career paths
- Is written specifically for women, to account for and answer the particular challenges and difficulties that many women face in the workplace and with career planning
- Is based on material from the Oxford University's first leadership programme for women, the Women Transforming Leadership course from Saïd Business School
Make Your Own Map
Career Success Strategy for Women
Develop a resilient and effective strategy for your career by using the tools and methods which organizations use for their strategic planning.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9781789668360
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 212x140
248 pages
About the book
There's no such thing as a pre-set path to career success. Following the footsteps of others can only get you so far - and for women, there are often additional obstacles. But what if you could design your own path to your career goals? What if you could Make Your Own Map?
Based on material from the popular Women Transforming Leadership course from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Make Your Own Map will help you develop a resilient and aspirational strategy for your career - whatever your starting point.
Effective methods of strategic planning have been tried and tested in the corporate business world, and this book shows you how to repurpose those methods for yourself, even if you're not in the corporate world. Packed with strategic tools and practical exercises, this book will help you:
-Assess and define your career goals
-Make a plan
-Implement your plan to find the work that fits your needs, your skills, and your direction.
With your best career as the goal, this book will help you forge your own path and Make Your Own Map.
About the authors
Kathryn Bishop is an Associate Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where she has taught strategy development to organizations and individuals for over 20 years. She is the Programme Director for Women Transforming Leadership - Oxford University's first leadership programme for women - and has worked with women from all over the world as they make their career and development plans. Her background includes IT and HR and she has worked as a line director and manager, a project manager, a consultant and as a non-executive director in both the private and public sectors.
Make Your Own Map is an absolute gift - to yourself, to your best friends, to your mentees. It is the guide I've being searching for when trying to help others define their journey and their destination. Kathryn Bishop's application of corporate strategy at an individual level not only facilitates an effective, adaptable and practicable strategy for you, it also details the real-world implementation and experimentation necessary to realise your strategic purpose. Applicable to all, but mindful of the particular work-home challenges women may face during the evolution of their career, this is a guide to read with relish - and revisit!
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