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Leaving a job can create panic, disorientation and self-doubt. But it doesn't have to be this way.Corporate Escapology is a proven five-step method to help you detach from corporate life, recognise your value and contribution, develop your new identity, explore options and make your next step count.
If you're preparing to leave corporate life - whether by choice or not -
Corporate Escapology will help you feel more confident, more intentional and better equipped for what comes next.
Inside you will find practical exercises to help you recognise how your corporate experience has prepared you for your next chapter and stories from fellow Corporate Escapologists describing their leap and what they're doing now.
Adam Forbes, a Corporate Escapologist himself, is a coach, writer and podcaster on a mission to help people find their way out and their way forward to something more fulfilling, more purposeful and more enjoyable.
'Adam gives more than clear practical steps but also an insight into his brilliant framework. An irreverent, straight-talking and clever book to get you taking those steps to being outside the matrix 9-5.' - Lucy Werner, Author & Founder of Hype Yourself.com
About the author
Adam Forbes spent 25 years working happily and successfully within the four walls of major corporates in marketing, strategy, business development and finance, working within energy, retail, government and consulting – bp, Shell, Aramco, BT, Cabinet Office, John Lewis to name a few. He saw at first-hand what happens when re-structuring or other significant disruptions to the workforce results in individuals making the choice to leave or having that decision forced upon them, and observed how talented people from across all levels and roles often struggle to see beyond traditional corporate career paths.
In 2020 he made his own leap, establishing himself in a new career as a valued advisor and coach to corporates, startups and individuals and programme director for Startupbootcamp.
Since then, he’s spent time interviewing more than a hundred Corporate Escapologists to understand the formula to leave corporate life safely and successfully.
Adam writes a successful blog as the Corporate Escapologist about his time leaving a leading corporate to start up a new business and build a more varied, dynamic career designed around his values and needs. His Corporate Escapology podcast features people who have left corporate life to build new careers using the skills, experiences and know-how they gained during their corporate career.
Through his work coaching and advising fellow Corporate Escapologists to leave corporate jobs, through choice or redundancy, Adam has identified a simple method to help them move effectively through the stages of disorientation, fear and panic, to a greater appreciation of their own capabilities and options for the next phase of their careers.
