Amina Aitsi-Selmi

The Success Trap (eBook, ePUB)

Why Good People Stay in Jobs They Don't Like and How to Break Free

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

WINNER: Business Book Awards 2021 - Personal Development & Wellbeing

Do you feel trapped in a toxic work culture? Or stuck in a job you're great at... but that you don't actually like? Why do good people stay in bad jobs for so long? The Success Trap answers all these questions - and shows you what to do about it.

An estimated 80% of individuals in the western workforce want to change job - if you're one of them, then this book will enable you to understand why, help you reconnect with what's really important to you, and provide practical tips and tools to empower you to take control of your own career.

Written by specialist coach and consultant Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi, this book builds on her years of experience as a physician, in healthcare policy, and coaching and consulting with hundreds of individuals and organizations. Combining her personal expertise with scientific research - including Google's Project Aristotle and the Global Happiness Council's Workplace Wellbeing report - it provides insights and useful takeaways you can use in your own work life. Don't stay stuck in a job you hate - let this book help you escape The Success Trap.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789665659
• Artikelnr.: 60623795

Autorenporträt

Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi M.D. Ph.D. is the Founder and Managing Director of Next Generation Coaching & Consulting Ltd. She works with individuals and companies who want to understand how best to work and lead in the 21st century, including clients from organizations such as the NHS, the BBC, the World Health Organisation, The Boston Consulting Group and the Royal Air Force. With over 20 years' experience, she's dedicated her career to helping people create healthy lives and environments; first as a physician, then as a health policy expert and now as a specialist consultant and coach.

Inhaltsangabe

Section
00: Introduction; Section
ONE: THE SUCCESS Trap
why people stay in jobs they don't like; Section
01: The challenge of work in the 21st century; Section
02: The makings of a career crisis; Section
03: The High Achiever Paradox, imposter syndrome and other work identity traps; Section
TWO: BREAKING FREE from the Success Trap; Section
04: Goal
driven versus creative flow; Section
05: Slow down to speed up; Section
06: Unlearn your limiting beliefs; Section
THREE: THRIVING OUTSIDE the trap; Section
07: Practical freedom
tools to reconnect, respond and receive; Section
08: Turning uncertainty into opportunity; Section
09: From the employee
expert mindset to the entrepreneur
leader mindset; Section
10: Work cultures that liberate; Section
11: Conclusion
'It always appears impossible until it's done'; Section
12: Bibliography; Section
13: Index