Manage Your Career

Professor Sathe is a great gift a passionate teacher who cares deeply about the life arc of each individual student. In his vibrant classroom he translates strategic management into a personal discipline-and here in these pages he brings to you and me the bene ts of his wise mentorship. -Jim Collins author of Good to GreatThis book gives the reader the keys to survival and success as his or her career progresses from one job to the next in the same or a different organization-be it for-pro t nonpro t government or volunteer. It is designed to help the reader avoid the many traps and pitfalls encountered along his or her career path and to help facilitate increased personal effectiveness during all three stages of the job cycle-interviewing new hire and long-term employment. Whether preparing to enter the workforce for the first time or in early middle or later career stages this book will show the reader how to avoid jobs and organizations that are not a good fit. It will also go beyond survival and show how to achieve success by doing the job well and making other contributions to the organization in ways that improve job performance satisfaction happiness and personal and professional growth. The keys this book provides will work whether the reader is an independent contributor a manager responsible for the work of others or an executive responsible for the enterprise. Organizational leaders human resource professionals career coaches and mentors can also utilize this book to educate and train employees to be more productive at work and happy in their worklife.