Beverly Kaye - Up Is Not the Only Way: Rethinking Career Mobility

Praise for Up Is Not the Only Way

This book is a refreshing take on a topic of interest to nearly everyone. Like a multifaceted diamond, it gives light in many directions.

Jack Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman, and bestselling coauthor of The Extraordinary Leader and Speed

One responsibility of all leaders is to grow the talent on their team. This book suggests an array of mobility conversations and will help any leader feel more comfortable with that conversation.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Professor, Harvard Business School, and Chair and Director, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative

Helping people grow should be in the job description of every leader at every level. This book makes it easier for both managers and direct reports to talk about career development.

Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The New One Minute Manager and One Minute Mentoring

Filled with one aha! moment after another, this book inspires and educates. It teaches us that career success is not one-size-fits-all. Youll never think of your career in the same way again.

Marshall Goldsmith, international bestselling author of What Got You Here Wont Get You There and Triggers

A lively, compelling read that voices work/life considerations. It hits the mark with powerful examples of career mobility options that can drive tremendous personal as well as professional satisfaction.

Ed Tetrault, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Apex Tool Group

The authors provide valuable insights and practical approaches for meaningful career discussions.

Tamar Elkeles, PhD, Chief Talent Executive, Atlantic Bridge Capital, LLC

We have leveraged the concepts from this book to create a strategic talent development approach for our organization that works!

Joel Tobin, Vice President, Talent Acquisition and Development, Catalent Pharma Solutions

This book will open your eyes to the landscape of possibilities beyond what lies aheadfor yourself, your employees, and your organization.

Sue Padernacht, Chief Learning Officer and Vice President, Talent and Organization Development, Tribune Online Content

No talent strategy can be complete without the proper attention on how employees can grow within their current organizations. Written in a practical manner, this book offers great ideas.

Jayne Johnson, Vice President, Global Organization and Leadership Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

This book speaks to both the employee and the manager, recognizing that a career conversation is a two-way dialogue.

Meribeth Germino, Principal Executive Development Consultant, Genentech

Today, lateral moves, stretch assignments, and career resets are all part of the lifelong journey toward professional success and personal fulfillment. This book is an invaluable tool in helping people navigate this complex new landscape.

Sekhar Ramaswamy, Chief Talent Officer, Prudential

Ive found that individuals join organizations that they believe will grow their careers. This book will help everyone prepare for the development conversation and understand what it takes to own your own learning.

Kimo Kippen, Vice President, Global Workforce Initiatives, Hilton

This book helps readers understand the many ways they can grow their careers, how to evaluate their options, and what steps to take to achieve their goals.

Lauren Starkand, Senior Vice President, Talent and Diversity, Global Consumer Banking, Citi

This book provides those contemplating whats next? and whats best for me? with a contemporary game plan firmly grounded in the wisdom of experience.

Kevin D. Wilde, Executive Leadership Fellow, Carlson School of Management, and former Chief Learning Officer, General Mills

By enlisting individuals, their leaders, and organizations in a mindful think about, talk about approach, the authors inspire positive accountability for managing careers in an uncertain world.

Tim Richmond, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, AbbVie

This is a classic teach them to fish tool for thinking broadly about professional growth and building personally fulfilling, custom careers.

Fran Lawler, Vice President of Human Resources, Engineered Fastening, Stanley Black & Decker

Knowing yourself is the key to personal success, and this book has many practical ways to accomplish that.

Amy Meeuwenberg, Lead Performance and Engagement Specialist, Enterprise Talent Development, Amway

Up is not the only way

Other titles by the author:

Love Em or Lose Em (with Sharon Jordan-Evans)

Love It, Dont Leave It (with Sharon Jordan-Evans)

Hello Stay Interviews, Goodbye Talent Loss (with Sharon Jordan-Evans)

Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go (with Julie Winkle Giulioni)

Rethinking Career Mobility

Beverly Kaye | Lindy Williams | Lynn Cowart

CAREER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL

Up Is Not the Only Way

Copyright 2017 by Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams, and Lynn Cowart

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First Edition

Paperback print edition ISBN 978-1-5230-8348-0 PDF e-book ISBN 978-1-5230-8349-7
IDPF e-book ISBN 978-1-5230-8350-3

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