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Taking Charge of Your Career (HBR Women at Work Series)

Taking Charge of Your Career (HBR Women at Work Series)

By Harvard Business Review, Dorie Clark, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Stacy Abrams, and Lara Hodgson

"As a woman, enduring setbacks-and finding fulfillment-on your career path is challenging. We face a lack of support, the effects of unconscious bias and negative assumptions working against us, and disruptive career pauses. Taking Charge of Your Career helps readers navigate the tricky territory of charting a rewarding and meaningful career path.

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Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Publish Date: 12/13/2022
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781647824648
ISBN-10: 1647824648
Language: English

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A purposeful career path starts with you.

As a woman, navigating your career path can be challenging. At times you're faced with lack of support, unconscious bias and negative assumptions, disruptive career pauses, and more. So how can you get beyond these obstacles and progress your career in a way that is meaningful and fulfilling?

Taking Charge of Your Career helps readers navigate the tricky territory of charting a rewarding career path. Whether you're new to the workforce, reentering after a pause, or trying to find your way through a midcareer slump, you'll find research, advice, and practical tips to help you move forward.

This book will inspire you to:

  • Decide what a meaningful career looks like to you
  • Align yourself with the right supporters and mentors
  • Approach hard decisions with confidence
  • Navigate difficult transitions
  • Be your own biggest advocate

The HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout their careers. With interviews from the popular podcast of the same name and related articles, stories, and research, these books provide inspiration and advice for taking on topics at work like inequity, advancement, and building community. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this series will help you spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward.

About the Authors

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 12 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.

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Dorie Clark is a marketing strategy consultant and professional speaker who teaches at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. She is the author of Reinventing You and Stand Out and is a frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review.

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STACEY ABRAMS is the three-time New York Times bestselling author of While Justice Sleeps , Our Time is Now , and Lead from the Outside , an entrepreneur; and a political leader.

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