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Summary: Takes work, but it's worth it
Review: I get tired of self-help books with endless checklists and worksheets. This book has a series of exercises that take a lot of thought, but the author seems like a good friend, talking you through it and sharing the results. Reading her own experiences building a career, then deciding to transition to a whole new field, was an inspiration. The client stories she uses to illustrate the steps of the process were interesting and helpful as well. I have had a coach and wished that there had been a more defined process for getting from "here" to "there". I get the feeling Maggie Craddock asks the right questions and helps her clients find their own answers, without a lot of wasted floundering around. I found this book a valuable tool for my own personal and professional search. A good investment.
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Summary: A Coaching Process With Real Intellectual Validity
Review: Maggie Craddock combines her experience in the toughest competitive corporate arenas with extensive training in counseling and family therapy to offer a coaching process that deals with all aspects of her clients' complex lives. In a world of newly-minted "executive coaches", Maggie Craddock is the real thing. The reader who thoughtfully works through the exercises in The Authentic Career, encouraged by the author's own story and stories from her clients, will discover in themselves the authentic power they need to achieve their goals. Maggie has worked with senior executives in a range of industries and continues to stress that the values and spiritual resources that create successful and satisfying careers are the same as those that suppport vital, enduring organizations. If you are wondering how to foster your best, most "authentic" self in a tough, bottom-line driven world, please read this book.
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Summary: Zen and the Art of Professional Coaching
Review: Ms. Craddock does a brilliant job of taking us through the often painful process of finding ourselves and then bringing the best of ourselves to the workplace. The Authentic Career is about finding and living the authentic self. It brings us back to the things we might have once been told by a well-meaning friend or a self-help lecture; it makes real and fleshes out exactly what we need to do to work through core issues of our identity and find our "true bliss" in the workplace.
What better person than Ms. Craddock to show us the way. She went from making million dollar business deals to working with mental patients to try to find her bliss and to bring the fruits of her labors to us, in a very readable,
usable form. I have benefitted greatly from reading this book!
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Summary: living & working well
Review: Rebeccasreads recommends THE AUTHENTIC CAREER as an elegant & deeply invested seminar on transforming the quality of both your professional & private life. Illustrated with stories from Fortune 500 CEOs & women re-entering the workforce after having children, along with a four stage process, THE AUTHENTIC CAREER is deep reading, & certainly a worthy companion upon your professional path.
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Summary: living & working well
Review: Rebeccasreads recommends THE AUTHENTIC CAREER as an elegant & deeply invested seminar on transforming the quality of both your professional & private life. Illustrated with stories from Fortune 500 CEOs & women re-entering the workforce after having children, along with a four stage process, THE AUTHENTIC CAREER is deep reading, & certainly a worthy companion upon your professional path.
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Summary: Soul based career development
Review: The book is four-stage self-inquiry process by Executive Coach Maggie Craddock. Ms. Craddock's exercises comprise mind, body, and spirit in interactive exercises and follow-up action items. Her book was very helpful for me with respect to a recent career change within my public relations profession. The Authentic Career process a vital compass point in the navigation of a life-long work life.
The job market is moving at lightning speed. It is now essential for young professionals to assess their skills, talents, and values before taking life-altering paths. As for seasoned workers, The Authentic Career offers a balance between effective career evaluation and proactive actions consistent with one's values and needs in a professional context. This book that avoids the trap of "analysis paralysis" and aids to forwards anyone into decisive action.
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Summary: Unbelievable Source of Strength for Career Growth!!
Review: This book is simply incredible! I have read many self-help books over the years, and having been in the business world for all of those years, I have never seen both areas (self-help and career) integrated so well in one place. In "The Authentic Career" I was able to unlock how my career goals and personal needs could be aligned and fulfilled with the appropriate insights into my life. This book can really help individuals create the space to achieve this. Ms. Craddock's own experiences and using real examples of workplace issues were extremely helpful and enlightening. I could approach my job and career in a completely different light after reading and utilizing this book. The exercises were truly eye opening and I finally have found a process that makes sense for re-energizing and strategizing my career after many years. A great read for anyone who wants to find a new way to grow in their career and personal lives. Very helpful and inspirational!
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