My company put all employees through the course on which this book is built, though the book contains quite a bit more than could be covered in the time available for the course.
It contains the stuff I wish I had known in the first years of my career. Even though I am in the last decade of my career I can honestly say that the lessons in this book have just as much impact. I've just got less time to take advantage of what I've learned.
Squiggly Careers is different from most of the business books I have read. Most of them are "This worked for ME, it'll work for you"!
The book isn't like that. It is all about YOU and YOUR values YOUR strengths, YOUR confidence and how YOU connect with other people. It contains a number of techniques to help you find what your values and strengths are and you may be surprised at what you find out about yourself.
Understanding your values will help you understand why you do or don't gel with colleagues, feel part of the culture etc.
The exercises to identify your super strengths were real eye openers for me and very affective.
The section on "Networking" and understanding where you are across the 4 categories (Consumer, Contributed, Connecter, Creator) was particularly interesting. I recommend checking your assessment of where you place yourself on this scale with someone who knows you well. This is especially true if you lack self confidence.
As I've already said I wish I'd known this stuff at the beginning of my career. For that reason I've bought 4 copies of this book near the end of may career to give to my nieces so they can be in the best position at the start of theirs.
I would love to see the lessons in this book adapted for schools careers lessons, people being helped by The Princes Trust, and people who have gone through the prison system and want to make a fresh start.
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