Make Your Own Map: Career Success Strategy for Women
- 3h 22m
- Kathryn Bishop
- Kogan Page
- 2021
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 Author
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.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction—What This Book Covers, Why it Will Help, and How to Use it
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Devising a Strategy for You—The Strategy Triangle
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How You Got to Where You are Now—Your Journey Map
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What is Working Well Right Now—Your Personal Dashboard
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The Work That Matters Most to You—The Ikigai Model
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The Purpose You Serve—The Story of You
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Organizing Your Working Life—Your Life Architecture
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What’s Worth Developing—The Strengths Model
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Making a Career Transition—The Product/Market Matrix
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Turning Your New Strategy into Action—Planning and Experimenting
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Getting under Way—Tactics for Taking Action
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References
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Further Reading
