Shift Into Thrive: Six Strategies for Women to Unlock the Power of Resiliency

by Lynn Schmidt, Benstead,Chris (Grn) (Ltd) (Ogv)

Overview

Shift Into Thrive provides six resilience-building strategies that women use successfully to thrive in the face of career challenges. These six powerful strategies, practical action steps, and inspiring stories from women around the world will enable you to create a career accompanied by growth, success, and satisfaction. Resilient women overcome obstacles and create the extraordinary careers they both desire and deserve. The ability to thrive in the midst of adversity is not a given; it is an intentional choice. Women who consciously make that choice are more likely to be transformed by their challenges. Schmidt and Nourse each have over 20 years of experience helping women and men achieve career success. They are experts in the field of leadership development and provide leadership strategies to individuals, teams, and organizations. They conducted over one hundred interviews with executive coaches and women from around the world to determine the best resilience-building strategies for women. While much has been learned in the past 30 years about the value women create for organizations, recent research indicates that women are still facing significant barriers to gender equality in the workforce and to advancement into leadership roles. Women frequently experience unique roadblocks like gender bias and stereotypes that are difficult to overcome and extract a big price both personally and professionally. In Shift into Thrive, Drs. Lynn Schmidt and Kevin Nourse explore the barriers women face in the workplace, the importance of resiliency as a key to career success, and practical ways for women to enhance their resiliency. Shift Into Thrive is an exciting new addition to a genre of books dedicated to helping women achieve successful and satisfying careers written by Sheryl Sandberg, Katty Kay, and Claire Shipman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997564112
Publisher:	Bobo Publishing
Publication date:	09/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Dr. Lynn Schmidt is an expert in the field of leadership development, and her career focuses on providing leadership strategies to individuals, teams, and global organizations. She is a certified executive coach and has devoted her career to helping men and women thrive during times of personal and professional change. Lynn has a passion for helping women achieve success, and her dissertation research provided insight into the reasons why a woman's career would derail. Lynn is the author of four books and is a sought-after conference speaker. She received her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems. You can learn more at www.schmidtleadership.com.

Dr. Kevin Nourse has devoted much of his professional life toward helping build resilient change leaders. He is an executive coach, researcher, speaker, author, and adjunct professor with a passion for helping leaders and managers thrive in the midst of change and adversity. Kevin earned a PhD in 2009 based on his research about resilient leadership during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He is a certified professional coach and faculty member at Georgetown University. In 2001 he founded Nourse Leadership Strategies (www.nourseleadership.com), a Washington, DC, and Los Angeles-based professional services firm offering executive coaching, team coaching, and development, and leadership development programs.

Table of Contents

Authors' Note; 1: Navigating Career Adversity: Choosing to Thrive; 2: Laying the Foundation: Resiliency Action Plan; 3: Anna's Story: Surrendering to Vulnerability; 4: Resiliency Strategy: Strengthen Support Networks; 5: Sandy's Story: Trust My Wings as I Learn to Fly, Again; 6: Resiliency Strategy: Clarify Purpose; 7: Linda's Story: A Just-in-Time Awakening; 8: Resiliency Strategy: Build Self-Awareness; 9: Marianne's Story: Legal Director or Rock Singer; 10: Resiliency Strategy: Enhance Self-Care; 11: Ruchika's Story: On the Edge of the Career Cliff; 12: Resiliency Strategy: Actualize Strengths; 13: Françoise's Story: A Second Chance; 14: Resiliency Strategy: Broaden Coping Skills; 15: A Call to Action; Reader's Guide; Acknowledgments; Notes; Authors' Biographies

Editorial Reviews

"The ability to stay firmly grounded throughout the twists and turns of a career is the key to success. With conscious decision-making and the application of the strategies from Shift Into Thrive, you will travel an extraordinary path!"
--Marshall Goldsmith, The Thinkers 50 #1 Leadership Thinker in the World and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Triggers

"Shift Into Thrive has riveting stories and a powerful framework. If you're looking to build your resiliency, this book shows you how to do it step by step. Nothing could be more timely for women who want to overcome work related challenges, or who feel discouraged or stuck in their work. I can't recommend it enough."
--Sally Helgesen, Author, The Female Vision and The Female Advantage

"The clear six-step framework that the authors suggest hold some of the best career coaching tips that I have seen. For any woman who wants to improve her game or any organization that wants to develop its women leaders, this is a great resource."
--Beverly Kaye, Founder, Career Systems International and Co-author, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Employees Want

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