"Whether you're going for that promotion, looking to jump ship, or
change careers entirely, Michael Watkins' Your Next Move is a book
you'll want to read." So starts the positive review of Your Next Move
on the influential 800 CEO Read website. It's true that all leaders--no
matter how seasoned--need guidance through the professional changes that
define a career. In fact, transitions into new roles are the crucibles
in which leaders get their toughest tests, and they're the defining
factor in professional careers today. Yet far too often, leaders fail to
transition effectively into new roles. The resulting costs are high, for
individual careers and for organizations. In Your Next Move,
leadership-transition guru Watkins shows how you can survive and thrive
in all the major transitions you will face during your career-including
promotions, leading former peers, on-boarding into a new organization,
making an international move, or turning around or realigning an
organization. With real-life examples and case studies, Watkins
illustrates the defining hurdles associated with each type of
transition. He then provides the insights, strategies, and tools you'll
need to accelerate through these crucial turning points and continue
moving up in your career. The necessary complement to the author's
bestselling guide The First 90 Days, which has been translated in more
than 20 languages worldwide, Your Next Move offers the keen
observations, tried-and-true management wisdom, and practical good sense
Watkins is renowned for. It's a vital resource for any manager or
executive seeking to maintain career momentum. To quote the reviewer
from above: "It's not just about "moving" but about what happens when
those actions are taken. Success or failure are the two options, and
which option you emerge with will determine what happens going forward.
Watkins' book definitely has the research and insight to equip you for
the better of the two paths."
