The career catapult : shake-up the status quo and boost your professional trajectory

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Wayne, NJ : Career Press, [2017].
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Take charge of your career and leap confidently into your future: “Intriguing, insightful, useful, and very readable.” —Jon R. Katzenbach, bestselling author of The Wisdom of TeamsWhen change is a constant and the nature of work rapidly evolves, it’s easy to become fearful and discouraged. In The Career Catapult, innovative career consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan shows you how to gaze into an uncertain future and shape it to your advantage—regardless of your current position in the job hierarchy.Leaping into a revised career trajectory requires quick and purposeful movement. Roopa offers five essential disciplines that will catapult you along the fast track:
  • Dig Deep to Soar: Examine your skills and resources to accurately assess your marketplace value
  • Stalk Innovations and Trends: Explore the context in which you can offer your value
  • Jolt Your Network: Use your assets, including networks that can drive significant value
  • Prototype Possibilities: Free yourself to imagine—visualize the full array of possibilities and test-drive them
  • Go Extreme: Recognize opportunity when your desired future is within reach—and reach for it
Disruption isn’t just for tech moguls. When you dare to change the status quo and bring an innovative spirit to your own career, the sky becomes the limit!

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English
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1632659190, 9781632659194

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Leaping into a revised career trajectory requires quick and purposeful movement. In this practical resource, the author offers five essential disciplines that will catapult you along the fast track. -- Edited summary from book.
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Table of Contents

Introduction: the jolt that set me free
Why a career catapult? : design your own destiny
Discipline #1: Dig deep to soar!
Discipline #2: Stalk innovations and trends
Discipline #3: Your network on jolt!
Discipline #4: Prototype the possibilities
Discipline #5: Go extreme!
Unleash your disruption! the time is now
Afterword
Chapter notes
Index.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Unnikrishnan, R. (2017). The career catapult: shake-up the status quo and boost your professional trajectory . Career Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Unnikrishnan, Roopa. 2017. The Career Catapult: Shake-up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory. Wayne, NJ: Career Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Unnikrishnan, Roopa. The Career Catapult: Shake-up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory Wayne, NJ: Career Press, 2017.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Unnikrishnan, R. (2017). The career catapult: shake-up the status quo and boost your professional trajectory. Wayne, NJ: Career Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Unnikrishnan, Roopa. The Career Catapult: Shake-up the Status Quo and Boost Your Professional Trajectory Career Press, 2017.

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