Managing Your Career (HBR Working Parents Series)

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Discover how to propel your career forward while nurturing your family with **Managing Your Career** from the HBR Working Parents Series. This essential guide for working parents addresses the intricate balance of professional aspirations and familial responsibilities. Are you navigating the complexities of career development while managing parenting demands? This book is your comprehensive resource. Learn strategies to negotiate flexible work hours, combat the parenthood penalty, and assess the long-term impacts of career decisions on your family life and personal growth.

In this trade paperback, published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2021, you’ll gain insights on:
- Effective communication skills, essential for both workplace interactions and family dialogues, helping you relate better to your boss and your children.
- Methods to maintain professional development alongside your parenting duties, even when time is limited.
- Techniques to enhance your visibility and impact in the workplace, despite an unpredictable schedule.
- Building supportive networks to navigate both work and childcare challenges seamlessly.

With practical advice for handling urgent family crises and the stress of juggling multiple roles, **Managing Your Career** equips you with the tools to thrive both at home and work. Don't let the demands of parenting hold you back from achieving your career goals. Embrace the journey and unlock your potential with this must-have guide for modern working parents.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9781633699724, Format: Trade paperback (US), Year: 2021, Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press.

Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled..

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781633699724
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2021
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press


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Move ahead in your career ” without leaving your family behind

What happens when you're no longer setting goals and chasing dreams that work for you alone? When the career choices you make have ripple effects on your family? Can you uproot your household for an overseas assignment even if it's a surefire path to promotion? How do you make time for your kids ” or yourself ” if you work more than one job? These are some of the questions you ask yourself as you struggle to balance managing your career with managing your family

In Managing Your Career, experts provide answers to the challenges you face as a working parent from negotiating a flexible schedule to overcoming the parenthood penalty whether you're taking time off, treading water, or reentering the workforce

You'll learn to: 
Assess the impact of downshifting on your career, your home life, and your identity 
Make time for professional development 
Communicate effectively with everyone, from your boss to your toddler 
Boost your impact and visibility, even with an erratic schedule 
Build support systems to get you through rough patches at work and cope with childcare failures 

The HBR Working Parents Series supports readers as they anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for themselves more effectively, juggle their impossible schedules, and find fulfilment at home and at work. From classic issues such as work-life balance and making time for yourself to thorny challenges such as managing an urgent family crisis and the impact of parenting on your career,

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