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Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

Name: Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career
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Book Synopsis: Strategies that successful career changers use—and how to make them work for you.

Nearly all of us have entertained the notion of changing careers. Feeling burned out at work, unfulfilled, or just plain unhappy with whatever we're doing, we long to reinvent ourselves on a new and different career path. But how do we make this transition successfully?

In this update of the groundbreaking classic, bestselling author Herminia Ibarra presents a model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything we've learned from "career experts"—and is tailor-made for changing careers in today's uncertain world. Career transition is not a linear path toward some predetermined identity, according to Ibarra, but a crooked journey along which we try on a host of "possible selves" we might become. Successful reinvention comes not from deciphering and analyzing our past, but from inventing and testing our possible futures.

Using new examples of people in different stages of a career transition, Ibarra identifies the three critical strategies—experiment with new professional activities and identities, interact in new networks of people, and make sense of what is happening to us in light of emerging possibilities—that all successful career changers use. She shows how you can use these strategies to:

Explore your possible selves
Craft and execute "identity experiments"
Create "small wins" that keep momentum going
Connect with role models and mentors who can ease the transition
Arrange new learnings into a coherent story

Now with action-oriented exercises to help you work successfully through your own career transition, this updated edition gives you the tools to discover a new path and find success in your new career.

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Are you feeling stuck in a career that no longer excites you? Do you dream of reinventing yourself and pursuing a new path? Look no further! Introducing Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface. This groundbreaking book by bestselling author Herminia Ibarra will guide you through unconventional strategies for successfully reinventing your career in today's uncertain world.

Unlike traditional career advice, Ibarra's model for career reinvention challenges the notion of a linear path towards a predetermined identity. She encourages readers to embark on a crooked journey where they can explore a multitude of "possible selves" they might become. By experimenting with new professional activities and identities, interacting with new networks, and making sense of emerging possibilities, you can pave the way for a successful career transition.

This updated edition of Working Identity offers real-life examples of individuals at various stages of their career transitions, providing invaluable insights into their strategies and experiences. Ibarra also provides actionable exercises to assist you in your own journey, helping you craft and execute "identity experiments" and create "small wins" that will keep your momentum going.

One key aspect of successful career reinvention is connecting with role models and mentors who can offer guidance and support during your transition. In Working Identity, you will discover how to establish these crucial connections and learn from those who have already paved the way for a successful career change.

Don't let fear or uncertainty hold you back from reinventing your career. Take the first step towards a fulfilling and rewarding future. Discover the secrets of successful career changers with Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface. Begin your journey today by clicking on the link below:

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