Your Career, Your Way

Published On Monday, July 26, 2010 By mmuchlisdj. Under: career change books. Tags: Career  

5 Responses to “Your Career, Your Way”

  1. Midwest Book Review says:
    July 26, 2010 at 8:14 am

    Written by businesswoman Lisa Quast, winner of the 2006 Woman of the Year Award from the American Biographical Institute, Your Career, Your Way: Personal Strategies to Achieve Your Career Aspirations is a guide for working women to empower themselves on the job and nurture their dream careers. Chapters describe how to assess one’s strengths, weaknesses, assets, and liabilities; chart a strategic plan and keep track of one’s progress; stay focused; and reward oneself for achievements. Numerous sample and reproducible charts lay out an easy-to-follow framework for keeping track of goals, and accomplishing long-term goals through shorter-term initiatives. Although written expressly for career women, Your Career, Your Way is packed with cover-to-cover advice applicable to both genders. “Do not be afraid to make lateral career moves. In order to gain the necessary experience to be good at higher-level positions, you must be willing to learn all aspects of business and you must learn how to motivate and manage personnel. This means you need to take the initiative to set goals and seek positions that will provide you with the opportunity to broaden your experience and increase your skills, especially in the areas of business operations and running P&Ls (running departments with responsibility for profit and loss).” Highly recommended.
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  2. Reem says:
    July 26, 2010 at 8:17 am

    This book was a great read! The length and format made it so easy to relate to both character examples Mackenzie and Cheryl. I would recommend this book to anyone-from a college graduate to someone wanting to take their career to the next level. This quick read is motivating and helps to reinforce the idea that everyone can attain any goal with organization, hard work and a can-do attitude. The given writing exercises in the book are great and I took the time to complete them after I read the book. I have always aimed for short term goals, but now I feel more motivated and able to aim for long term goals knowing how to strategically improve my weaknesses and be confident about my assets.

    I work in a small company, but found that even in a small corporation all Quast’s examples can still be applied, as the fundamentals of business and promotions are the same across the spectrum.

    I will definitely recommend to all my friends and family!
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  3. Julia H. Johnson says:
    July 26, 2010 at 8:58 am

    I started this book on a Monday and was finished by Wednesday! I then went back through the book page by page and followed all of the instructions. This book is exactly what I have been looking for to take control of my career and to get more out of my career than financial compensation. The book helped me focus in on what I wanted and what I could offer. It made the huge task of “taking on my career” into meaningful steps and tasks! I am already benefiting from each of the activities. I am a very goal oriented person, so this book helped me develop some important career goals. The book also helped me define and take credit for my strengths!
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  4. Amy M. Mosher says:
    July 26, 2010 at 9:45 am

    Having worked with Lisa at 2 different companies I can attest that she “practices what she preaches” and operates with stellar professionalism.

    Amy Mosher

    Director Of Sales Operations at PivotLink and owner of Sales Operations Solutions
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  5. Kunal R. Shastri says:
    July 26, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Your Career, Your Way is an excellent guidebook for anyone desiring a successful career. It is written in an easy to read format. The book includes numerous exercises and stories of two individuals as an example to develop your own action plan. I highly recommend it – I am going to refer to this book time and again.
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