Personal Balance Sheet: A Practical Career Planning Guide (Paperback)

by Randall M. Craig (Author)

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Product Description
Forty years, 10,000 days, 80,000 hours. Measure it any way you like, but this is about the length of your career. With so much of your life spent working, why not spend a bit of time planning your career in an organized, strategic, manner? - Are you a bit fuzzy on your career goals? - Is your work-life balance not under control? - Have you achieved some career success and are considering change - but to what? - Are you uncomfortable discussing career issues with your manager? This book addresses these questions, and provides practical, real-life advice on managing your career successfully.

About the Author
Randall Craig has founded several start-ups, held a long-time position at a "big four" consulting firm, and was an executive at a public company. He has helped over ninety businesses, either as an owner, board member, executive, consultant, or workshop leader. His clients have included international financial institutions, public companies, not-for-profits, government, and a number of entrepreneurial companies. In addition to writing Leaving the Mother Ship, The Working Resume, and Personal Balance Sheet, he writes a weekly career tipsheet that appears on monster.ca. He holds an HBA, CFA, MBA, and a Black Belt in Karate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 220 pages
• Publisher: Knowledge to Action Press (June 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0973540435
• ISBN-13: 978-0973540437
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #898,418 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A resource whose value grows over time, January 31, 2008

By	H. Khan (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A resource whose value grows over time, January 31, 2008
By H. Khan (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews




Eminently practical, with a primary focus on spurring action from the reader. Each section comes with exercises and actions needed from the reader to aid in the process of self-discovery. The first time I read the book, I promptly ignored the "doing" part and stuck to just reading. The Personal Balance sheet covers the majority of major life and career events an individual can face; I consequently found that after the first read I gained maximum value by actually doing the activities and focusing on the sections that dealt with career events more applicable to my present situation. That being said over the last months it has turned into a resource that I've pulled off the shelf more than once to repeat the process with other chapters. As a resource whose value grows over time, this is definitely a book where you'll get out of it what you put in. Well recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent personal planning resource, August 28, 2008

By	Andy W. Neillie "Dr. Andy" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Personal Balance Sheet is a great way to process your career. I find it to be a great resource in my coaching practice. Indeed, this book does such a great job of helping people coach themselves through career/life transitions, it can act as an executive coach for anyone.