{"product_id":"looking-beyond-the-car-in-grant-duncan-9781032134635","title":"Looking Beyond the Car in Front: A Guide to Making the Right Career Choices at the Right Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do you plot the best career path? How do you know you're heading in the right direction professionally? How do you effectively make a shift into a new industry about which you have little knowledge or experience? \u003cem\u003eLooking Beyond the Car in Front\u003c\/em\u003e, written by leading recruitment expert Grant Duncan, guides both senior and mid-career business executives in taking a more assertive and strategic longer-term approach to career choices. No other careers book includes insights from so many people who have steered their careers to the top of their professions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe professional journey we're on is typically the result of a mixture of hard work, good luck, and brainpower, but not always proactive choices and decisions. Drawing on 40 years' experience of working with, talking to, and assessing executives with many different career journeys, the book offers an approach to set a longer-term mindset and a toolkit to help those who are thinking about their future career plans and, particularly, a career change. Grant has worked alongside some of the most successful business leaders, and the book offers unique insights from interviews with CEOs, successful entrepreneurs, and public and not-for-profit leaders from multiple sectors, including Roger Davis, Chairman of BUPA, Stevie Spring, Chairman of the British Council, Mind and Co-op NED, Stephen Carter, Informa plc Group Chief Executive, Tim Davie, BBC Director General, and Alan Jope, Unilever plc CEO. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen following the car in front may seem the easiest, safest and most rational course of action, it will not necessarily take you in the right direction. This book provides the perfect \"front-seat navigator\" in steering your next career move, and for those supporting career development, including HR Directors, coaches, and career management consultants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Grant Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032134631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032134635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.28d","brand":"Grant Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996076736767,"sku":"9781032134635","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d770e131-de19-48fc-8be6-8db72fae7484.jpg?v=1683339567","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looking-beyond-the-car-in-grant-duncan-9781032134635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}