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Everyone has their own unique career trajectory. Learn how to create and managers yours!
List of contents
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
GETTING STARTED: The Concept of Trajectory 7
LESSON 1: The Power of Feedback 27
LESSON 2: Persistence as a Differentiator 55
LESSON 3: Think Big, Act Small, Move Quick 79
LESSON 4: Breaking Through Plateaus 105
LESSON 5: Avoiding the Stagnation Trap 129
LESSON 6: Achieving Growth from Failure 157
LESSON 7: Sustaining Outlier Performance 183
Conclusion 209
References 215
Index 225
About the author
DAVID L. VAN ROOY, Ph.D., is Senior Director, International Human Resources Strategy and Operations at Walmart. In his prior role with the company he was responsible for the world's largest employee engagement and performance management programs. He is passionate about helping others grow their careers and for more than a decade has been responsible for the development of leading talent-management programs for some of the world's best companies, including Burger King and Marriott International. For more, visit www.liveyourtrajectory.com or go to: @dlvanrooy facebook.com/liveyourtrajectory
Summary
Career success has never happened overnight, but you can still be confident in your big-picture path to being successful. Trust the trajectory that has been laid out just for you!
Too often, people focus on the short term–mere survival--because they remain caught between a fear of failure and a desire for instant success, which results in limited risk-taking but also limiting their opportunities. As much as they want to get ahead, they simply can’t see how to get there. They don’t see how their current position is not merely a dead-end trap but actually a springboard to their next position--or even the one after that.
Business author David Van Rooy wants you to know that the key is to have faith in your trajectory. He says that every person has their own career path--and this timely and refreshingly practical book presents seven strategies designed to help anyone create and manage theirs.
In Trajectory, you will discover how to:
- Make the most of feedback
- Avoid stagnation and break through plateaus
- Achieve growth through failure
- Move to the front of the pack through persistence
- Continuously develop both “soft” and “hard” professional skills
You don’t need to start over! Just discover where you currently are on your career trajectory. From building relationships with mentors, to positioning (and repositioning) yourself for promotion,
Trajectory provides the tools you need for a lifetime of advancement.
