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Up Is Not the Only Way: Rethinking Career Mobility
This classic guide to designing and implementing an organizational career-development program demonstrates how to forge a vital link between organizational strategic planning and individual career planning & development. Outlining a six-stage career-development process, Beverly Kaye, Lindy Williams, and Lynn Cowart describe how to prepare a career-development program in line with an organization's needs, how to profile an employee's technical, interpersonal, and conceptual skills, how to target suitable career goals within an expanded range of choices, how to help employees develop a strategic action plan, how to provide effective skill-acquisition programs, and how to develop evaluation procedures that satisfy organizational needs.
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Published September 12, 2017
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About the author
Beverly Kaye
50Ìýbooks22ÌýfollowersFounder and Chairwoman of Career Systems International, Dr. Beverly Kaye is an international bestselling author and a leading authority in the world of modern workplace performance. She has dedicated her life’s work to helping individuals and organizations grow in a workplace that fosters greater commitment, fulfillment, and humanity.
Beverly Kaye and the CSI team provide cutting-edge and award-winning talent development solutions primarily to Fortune 1000 companies. Her work and research are distinguished and widely recognized for helping others discover greater meaning in their work and gain greater control over their career destinies.
Dr. Kaye completed her graduate work at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and holds her doctorate from UCLA.
Beverly Kaye and the CSI team provide cutting-edge and award-winning talent development solutions primarily to Fortune 1000 companies. Her work and research are distinguished and widely recognized for helping others discover greater meaning in their work and gain greater control over their career destinies.
Dr. Kaye completed her graduate work at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and holds her doctorate from UCLA.
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June 1, 2019
Decent quick read.
January 21, 2022
I listened to this on audiobook thanks to our local library, and found it helpful but not 100% applicable to my situation. It feels like it was written mostly for people who work in large companies in the for-profit sector. I'm looking for a book about career evolution more for people in the arts / non-profit sector, including freelancers, consultants, small business owners, etc.
I did like how it was divided into chapters with clear questions at the end for you to consider and discuss with friends, mentors, and mentees. And it was engagingly written and read aloud.
I did like how it was divided into chapters with clear questions at the end for you to consider and discuss with friends, mentors, and mentees. And it was engagingly written and read aloud.
September 25, 2019
At some point, probably the 1950s, it became the conventional wisdom that the ideal career path was to start at one company, work your way up the ladder with consistent promotions, and retire from that same company in a high position. You’d only switch to a different company if they offered you a faster promotion. Failure to move up was seen as a career ender.
For many of us in later generations, this career path has long since ceased to be possible, or never existed in the first place. And yet the idea still persists and can make the employee feel frustrated when promotions just aren’t happening. And thus this business self-help book to explore other options.
It suggests replacing the “ladder� metaphor for a career path with a “kaleidoscope� metaphor, moving the perspective around to find new pleasing combinations. Whether that means a lateral move into a related field, finding new depth in your current position, or even stepping down a notch when you’ve hit a job that is killing you.
This book has some useful bits in it, some very obvious, while others you may not have considered before. The graphic design is nice.
It is, however, perhaps best used by people in fields where there is room for multiple approaches to a career path. It’s unlikely to be helpful for people who have to struggle even to keep entry level positions, or who are almost at the end of their working years. A company might give out this book to every employee (as indeed mine did) but that doesn’t mean the company will be equally interested in every worker’s career opportunities.
Recommended to folks who are feeling a bit stagnant in their current position and searching for directions they can go if up isn’t available.
For many of us in later generations, this career path has long since ceased to be possible, or never existed in the first place. And yet the idea still persists and can make the employee feel frustrated when promotions just aren’t happening. And thus this business self-help book to explore other options.
It suggests replacing the “ladder� metaphor for a career path with a “kaleidoscope� metaphor, moving the perspective around to find new pleasing combinations. Whether that means a lateral move into a related field, finding new depth in your current position, or even stepping down a notch when you’ve hit a job that is killing you.
This book has some useful bits in it, some very obvious, while others you may not have considered before. The graphic design is nice.
It is, however, perhaps best used by people in fields where there is room for multiple approaches to a career path. It’s unlikely to be helpful for people who have to struggle even to keep entry level positions, or who are almost at the end of their working years. A company might give out this book to every employee (as indeed mine did) but that doesn’t mean the company will be equally interested in every worker’s career opportunities.
Recommended to folks who are feeling a bit stagnant in their current position and searching for directions they can go if up isn’t available.
March 22, 2021
Values
Skills
Interest
You stay with your company while continuing to learn and grow. Ask when and why you want to make a move and what risks you’d incur with each alternative growth path. Do you want to accumulate new skills first by trying a lateral move or a realignment? When is it time to jump ship and consider a relocation? Only you have the answers.
Skills
Interest
You stay with your company while continuing to learn and grow. Ask when and why you want to make a move and what risks you’d incur with each alternative growth path. Do you want to accumulate new skills first by trying a lateral move or a realignment? When is it time to jump ship and consider a relocation? Only you have the answers.
December 20, 2024
**Actual Rating: 2.5/5
For someone already oriented to lateral thinking, it was frustrating to realize this was a simplistic overview rather than a guided approach of applying this concept into applicable situations. Most of the topics seemed obvious or lacked sustenance, including the notion title on the cover that was described and reiterated every conceivable way imaginable.
For someone already oriented to lateral thinking, it was frustrating to realize this was a simplistic overview rather than a guided approach of applying this concept into applicable situations. Most of the topics seemed obvious or lacked sustenance, including the notion title on the cover that was described and reiterated every conceivable way imaginable.
March 24, 2019
Lacks substance
I wanted to like this book but found it way too simplistic and lacked substance. Would have liked more data to give the anecdotal stories more credibility. Too much fluff for me.
I wanted to like this book but found it way too simplistic and lacked substance. Would have liked more data to give the anecdotal stories more credibility. Too much fluff for me.
February 20, 2018
a lot of questions. But not much guidance. was expecting more than just repeatedly telling you that your view of lateral or "downward" moves are not hindering your growth. Some interesting stories.
January 3, 2023
Great book for those who think that only seeking promotion upwards is the way to go. Look for opportunities everywhere and sometimes your "success" may not always be directly upwards.
January 11, 2024
Little lame but good ideas
August 22, 2024
Obvious and dull. A few good practical tips in there. Read the back and you'll get most of what you need to know.
December 14, 2023
Love this book! Great to think about your career, for a manager or an HR professional. Great tips to think about careers and the various paths you can go and helps you feel comfortable with those options being positive. Short and easy to read which is a bonus!
December 25, 2017
Quick read with excellent insights for everyone exploring career options. To me, the authors insight is in front of what most corporate HR departments will support. The broad spectrum of career options presented should be a playbook for companies to attract and retain top talent.
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