Renew Yourself: A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work
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Renew Yourself: A Six-Step Plan for More Meaningful Work
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Overview
Unplanned careers affect everything and everyone. They can lead to frustration, negativity, and apathy at a time when we need to be focused, energized and motivated. Though your library career might have started "accidentally," you can overcome organizational restructuring, changing job titles, and shifting responsibilities by cultivating a mindful existence in the library workplace. Building on the simple and fun approach that have made her previous books bestsellers, Hakala-Ausperk offers up a DIY-style program for revisiting personal values, understanding your options, identifying skill gaps, and creating plans for growth. Whether you're a library veteran who's feeling burned out, a new LIS grad just starting out, or somewhere in mid-career, this book will
- introduce methods to help you examine your individual interests, desires, and goals;
- show you how to understand your workplace's priorities and culture, and offer tips for identifying where there's either a match or a gap;
- demonstrate how you can improve your current position;
- prepare you to move forward through the creation of a personalized strategic professional plan that addresses professional development, gaining additional experience, and other options for growth;
- include tips for effective self-marketing, networking through colleagues and friends, and acing an interview;
- present ways to stay happy and engaged in a new role or position; and
- offer guidance for sharing your skills and experience through mentorship, and retiring with grace.
Ideal for both self-paced study and team-based staff development, this six-step plan will help readers renew themselves, their careers, and their organizations.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780838914991 |
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| Publisher: | American Library Association |
| Publication date: | 12/22/2016 |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Why Did I Write This Book? xiii
Why Are You Reading It? xiv
Introduction xv
How Does This Book Work? xv
5WIH xvii
Who Are You? 1
Introductions 1
Things That Really Matter 4
Your Renewal Plan: Step One-Who? 7
Life So Far 8
The Process 10
That Old Life Ladder 11
Stay Out of Your Way 14
What Do You Want to Do? 19
Define Mission 20
What Is Work? 21
Your True Identity 22
What Did You Do? 22
What Do You Do Now? 24
What Would You Love to Do? 25
The Secret Formula: Values + Mission - Action 28
Your Renewal Plan: Step Two-What? 30
"Night, Montreal" 32
When Is the Time Right? 35
Timing Isn't Everything 35
When Does Success Begin (and Will You Recognize It When You See It)? 36
Meet Anna, Successful Writer 37
The Life Cycle of Purpose 46
Your Renewal Plan: Step Three-When? 48
Where Should You Be? 51
Right Place, Right Time 51
Stay or Go? 52
Culture 53
Money 54
The Boss 54
Talents 56
Vision 57
Passion 58
Security 60
Colleagues 61
Work/Life Balance 62
Attitude 64
Starting Over 64
Before You Go 65
While You're Looking 65
What to Look For 66
Values Are Everywhere 66
Your Renewal Plan: Step Four-Where? 67
Why Bother? 71
Why Not? 71
What's the Worst That Can Happen? 72
OK Then, Why? 77
Your Renewal Plan: Step Five-Why? 84
How Do You Do It? 87
How Do You Eat an Elephant? 87
It Wasn't Raining When Noah Built the Ark 87
Your Renewal Plan: Step Six-How? (Part One of Three) 97
Your Renewal Plan: Step Six-How? (Part Two of Three) 100
This Is Really Happening! 101
Your Renewal Plan: Step Six-How? (Part Three of Three) 103
My Renewal Plan 109
Bibliography 113
Index 123