Description
Futureproof Your Career is the essential guide to improving your career and taking full advantage of opportunities for progression. With a major focus on the changing business, economic and technological landscape, it explores the new challenges of job retention and career progression. With the impact of the pandemic, the ongoing fourth industrial revolution, the broadening awareness of institutionalized discrimination and the concerns around an economic recession, it is an understatement to say that we're entering a 'new normal' in which working patterns and career trajectories have irreversibly changed. From two leading academics, this is both a practical guide to success and an enlightening insight into the future of work. It draws upon both the authors' academic research and an international array of case studies and interviews to provide engaging and illuminating insights Futureproof Your Career features key insights into how jobs and networking are dramatically transforming, and provides readers with the ability to develop a stronger awareness of new opportunities and become better prepared to safeguard their jobs and bolster their career in this new landscape.
The essential guide to futureproofing your career and getting ahead in the highly competitive job market of the 21st century.
About the Author
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Gender Diversity at HEC Paris in Qatar. She works at a global level on policy advice on gender diversity and has delivered leadership training internationally, bringing thought leadership to organizations and supporting leaders to develop effective cultures to nurture innovation. She is the author of Succession in Asian Family Firms and Championing Women Leaders Beyond Sponsorship. She is a regular contributor to Forbes Europe and has been interviewed by the BBC, the FT, the Times and Yahoo Finance. Naeema Pasha is the Director of Careers & Professional Development at Henley Business School, where she is also the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She is the founder of World of Work, an annual conference which explores the future of work readiness. Naeema is a researcher in skills, jobs and the future of work, and she has written and spoken extensively for publications such as Forbes and People Management.
Reviews
An enjoyable and refreshing take on major trends and changes that leaders must successfully embrace if they are to ensure that they succeed in their career. This book provides thought-provoking insights, research and advice that all leaders should actively consider. -- Helen Gordon, Chief Executive, Science Council
This book blends scholarly research and practice-based insights to force a rethink of what ongoing social shifts, enterprise innovations and altering societal values imply for future careers. -- Alnoor Bhimani, Professor of Management Accounting & Director of South Asia Centre, London School of Economics
The authors set out a compelling vision for a more people-centred, impact-led approach to navigate the 'next normal'. So much in here resonated with me, and has been missing from other leadership books. -- Gwen Hines, CEO, Save the Children UK
An inspiring and highly energising read which enables us to take stock of where we are, and where we want to go in our careers. -- Erem Kassim-Lakha, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Book Information
ISBN 9781472988447
Author Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Business
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 378g
The essential guide to futureproofing your career and getting ahead in the highly competitive job market of the 21st century.
About the Author
Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj is Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Gender Diversity at HEC Paris in Qatar. She works at a global level on policy advice on gender diversity and has delivered leadership training internationally, bringing thought leadership to organizations and supporting leaders to develop effective cultures to nurture innovation. She is the author of Succession in Asian Family Firms and Championing Women Leaders Beyond Sponsorship. She is a regular contributor to Forbes Europe and has been interviewed by the BBC, the FT, the Times and Yahoo Finance. Naeema Pasha is the Director of Careers & Professional Development at Henley Business School, where she is also the Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. She is the founder of World of Work, an annual conference which explores the future of work readiness. Naeema is a researcher in skills, jobs and the future of work, and she has written and spoken extensively for publications such as Forbes and People Management.
Reviews
An enjoyable and refreshing take on major trends and changes that leaders must successfully embrace if they are to ensure that they succeed in their career. This book provides thought-provoking insights, research and advice that all leaders should actively consider. -- Helen Gordon, Chief Executive, Science Council
This book blends scholarly research and practice-based insights to force a rethink of what ongoing social shifts, enterprise innovations and altering societal values imply for future careers. -- Alnoor Bhimani, Professor of Management Accounting & Director of South Asia Centre, London School of Economics
The authors set out a compelling vision for a more people-centred, impact-led approach to navigate the 'next normal'. So much in here resonated with me, and has been missing from other leadership books. -- Gwen Hines, CEO, Save the Children UK
An inspiring and highly energising read which enables us to take stock of where we are, and where we want to go in our careers. -- Erem Kassim-Lakha, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Book Information
ISBN 9781472988447
Author Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Bloomsbury Business
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 378g
