A purposeful career path starts with you. As a woman, navigating your career path can be challenging. At times you're faced with lack of support, unconscious bias and negative assumptions, disruptive career pauses, and more. So how can you get beyond these obstacles and progress your career in a way that is meaningful and fulfilling?Taking Charge of Your Career helps readers navigate the tricky territory of charting a rewarding career path. Whether you're new to the workforce, reentering after a pause, or trying to find your way through a midcareer slump, you'll find research, advice, and practical tips to help you move forward. This book will inspire you to: Decide what a meaningful career looks like to youAlign yourself with the right supporters and mentorsApproach hard decisions with confidenceNavigate difficult transitionsBe your own biggest advocateThe HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout their careers. With interviews from the popular podcast of the same name and related articles, stories, and research, these books provide inspiration and advice for taking on topics at work like inequity, advancement, and building community. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this series will help you spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward.
Biografie (Avivah Wittenberg-Cox)
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox is CEO of 20-First, one of Europe's leading gender consultancies. 20-First works with progressive companies interested in building gender 'bilingual' organisations that capture the opportunities offered by the other half of the talent pool and the other half of the market - the female half. The firm's renowned Bilingual Leadership programmes help executives - men and women - manage difference more effectively. She is also the Founder and Honorary President of the European Professional Women's Network (www.EuropeanPWN.net), a certified executive coach and was a Visiting Coach at INSEAD. Avivah Wittenberg-Cox is a popular speaker on leadership and gender issues across Europe and has had articles and interviews published in publications such as the International Herald Tribune and the Financial Times. Canadian, French and Swiss. In 2007, ELLE Magazine recognised her as one of the TOP 40 Women Leading Change. She lives in France with her husband and gender balanced children (a son and a daughter).
