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The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers: The Guide for Achieving Success and Satisfaction (Hardcover)

by James M. Citrin (Author), Richard Smith (Author), Richard A. Smith (Author)

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Crown Business; 1 edition (Aug 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1400047943
ISBN-13: 978-1400047949
Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14.6 x 2.6 cm

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very useful, particularly if you're just starting out, 26 Oct 2003

By	Keith Appleyard "kapple999" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

A very useful book; of the 5 patterns,I particularly liked the 1st & 4th ones.
1st: Understand the Value of You, and the explanation of the difference between potential value and experiential value
4th : 20/80 Principles of Performance : turning the usual 80:20 rule on its head, emphasising that its the last 20% of what you accomplish that truly differentiates you.
The other patterns were just as relevant, but these are the ones I got most personal value from.
Other useful concepts that were described in passing included mentoring : and how you can mentor up as well as mentor down.

There was however one underlying disappointment : whilst not detracting from any of the underlying principles, the authors seem to have become engrossed in working for Large Corporations, when this is a book about Individuals careers. I'd have liked to have seen more examples about small/middle-sized Companies.

The examples & scenarios quoted all refer to Large US Corporations like AOL TimeWarner, AT&T, EDS, GE, GM, IBM, McKinsey, Microsoft, Xerox. There's one fleeting reference (page 187) when non-US firms like Nokia, Shell & Toyota get a 1-sentence 'also' mention.

The authors' Employer, SpencerStuart, gets plenty of promotion on the front cover as well as throughout the contents, and is described therein as "the worlds most influential executive search firm". The authors say that they interviewed "thousands" of Executives. Therefore I was surprised and disappointed that they hadn't managed to cite a single example of a European or Asian Executive or Company? I can't believe that "success" is limited to American Executives or Companies? It even made me wonder how good the authors would be in performing an Executive Search for a European or Asian Company? Yet SpencerStuart has more Offices in Europe that in the whole of North America, so the absence didn't seem quite right to me?

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