DeepDyve eBooks - A Guide to Career Resilience

Multi-decade Perspective

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 3 –6

[Life is a marathon, not a sprint. Over a multi-decade career, our interests and aspirations evolve and our personal preferences and constraints change. We can begin our careers as strong players, but if we are not resilient and able to adapt to changing circumstances, we are unlikely to be able...

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Business Cycles

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 7 –12

[Careers typically span multiple decades. During that time, the overall economy will gyrate through several business cycles. The time from one economic peak to the next, or one recessive trough to the next, constitutes a business cycle.]

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Human Nature

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 13 –15

[While business cycles train us to expect and prepare for change, human nature is resistant to change. Literature from multiple cultures illustrates enduring human characteristics that we should keep in mind while dealing with other people in our lives.]

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Mentors

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 19 –33

[Current wisdom is that everyone needs at least one mentor to achieve success in life and work. Employers often assign one or more mentors to inexperienced, recently hired, or junior employees.]

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Sponsors

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 35 –40

[People often mention mentors and sponsors in the same breath, but there are critical differences. A Sponsor is a person with the power or influence to intervene on your behalf to improve your chances of being selected for a highly competitive and desirable position, while a Mentor is a source of...

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Role Models

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 41 –44

[Role models can be very valuable. They don’t even need to know you to make a difference. When you see someone like yourself successfully forge a new type of career or make a major career shift, they can encourage you to emulate them.]

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Bullying

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 47 –54

[When we talked to people about the problems they encountered with mentoring and sponsoring, many of them described experiences which we recognized as bullying. Bullying is deliberate and repeated misuse of real or perceived power. Sponsors are in a position of influence and power, and mentors...

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Sexual Predators in the Workplace

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 55 –65

[Close one-on-one interactions with mentors and sponsors are ripe with opportunities for abuse. Often, these private conversations occur in locations without witnesses. The mentor or sponsor, who is in a position of power, may seize the opportunity and morph into a sexual predator.]

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Queen Bees

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 67 –76

[Some female leaders perceive all other talented women as competition. Distance yourself from these insecure leaders. Working with and for people who feel secure in their own abilities is much easier and more enjoyable. Find confident, competent people whose skills complement yours.]

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Unconscious Bias

Sprunt, Eve; Capello, Maria Angela

Pages: 77 –85

[We can both suffer and benefit from unconscious bias. Bias is prejudice in favor of or against a person or group and is often considered to be unfair. People who benefit from unconscious bias may be unaware of the advantages they have and may attribute their success purely to their own skills.]

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