ESCP Europe

In this book, the author presents a new model for career reinvention. Based on her in-depth research on professionals and managers in transition, she outlines an active process of career reinvention that leverages three ways of "working identity" : experimenting with new professional activities ; interacting in new networks of people ; and making sense of what is happening in light of emerging possibilities. She explores specific ways that hopeful career changers of any background can : craft and execute "identity experiments" ; create "small wins" that keep momentum going ; survive the rocky period between career identities ; connect with role models and mentors who can ease the transition ; decide when to abandon the old path in order to follow the new...