Define and Create Your Own Best Career

Roz's new book offers winning tools and strategies for developing your career and expanding your leadership skills.

What does it take to succeed in business during challenging times—when jobs are tight, competition is fierce, markets are changing, and technology is redefining how we work and network?

It takes a few new behaviors and habits, according to executive career experts BETH BANKS COHN, PHD, and ROZ USHEROFF. They believe if you develop fresh skills in three areas—personal leadership, change management, and communication—you can shape the kind of career you always hoped for, be a superb leader, and remain flexible in any workplace situation.

In their new book, Taking the Leap: Managing Your Career in Turbulent Times…and Beyond (BookSurge Publishing, Fall 2009), the authors blend their complementary expertise—Cohn in change management and leadership development, Usheroff in communication and executive branding—to present a well-rounded offering of career-boosting strategies along with activities, case examples, and checklists for success that will benefit people at any stage of their career.

Learn:

• How to brand yourself—with tips and hands-on exercises to define, claim, and improve your professional image
• How to be a more influential leader—and the 10 traits that will get you there
• How to thrive through a career change—a new department, promotion, relocation, new boss, or new company
• How to manage others through change—including 10 keys to change management, and 10 myths of change leadership
• How to “read” your workplace landscape and use office politics to your advantage
• How to avoid common communication traps between genders, generations, and cultures
• How to master virtual communication—meeting and messaging tips for long-distance work relationships
• How to leverage and improve your professional network

No matter where you are in your career, focusing on the three qualities outlined in this book—leadership, resiliency, and powerful communication—is guaranteed to improve your performance and boost your standing with coworkers, bosses, and senior managers.