Carla A. Harris

This book addresses career strategies at different phases, including when you're starting out, moving up your career, or considering a job/career transition. Probably more ideal for people just starting their career, up till 10-15 years' work experience.

The writing is clear and engaging, and I like the fact that it addresses people across different phases of their career. The most useful ideas for me are probably the parts about (1) planning for 6-8 key modules in your career, (2) thinking through the job content and requirements, and positioning yourself accordingly, and (3) how to research success factors and position yourself accordingly.

What it covers:
• How to develop an overall career strategy over 6-8 modules, define the ideal content, job options, skills and qualifications required, to move systematically toward your dream job;
• How to start out with the right foundation by figuring out your first steps, becoming a truly attractive candidate, and positioning yourself with the right skills/exposure.
• How you can step up and manage your career by deliberately working with a career agenda, accumulating performance and relationship currencies, communicating effectively and managing your work profile to thrive in the right environment; and
• How you can start over in a new job or career: know when to make a shift, how to manage involuntary changes and reposition yourself.

Book summary at: https://readingraphics.com/book-summary-strategize-to-win/… (altro)

I caught Carla at the CFA conference and highly recommend a live presentation / performance: She is dynamite in human form. Bought her books there as an excuse to meet, and found her warm and personable. A bit disappointed by this book, though. The pearls are great, and I've validated many if not all of them over the course of my career. The repeated nods to her faith are refreshing--rare to see in business. But the text is absurdly dry and rife with grammatical errors and clichés. Find a better editor, Carla!… (altro)

Clear and compassionate how-to-win career advice

Funny timing – our women’s ‘investment reading book club’ chose to read Expect to Win over the holidays because we wanted lighter reading versus the usual investment topics. Little did we know that when we all met the majority of us had either just changed jobs or in the midst of looking. Perfect timing! Carla Harris is tough, compassionate and straight forward in her career advice. Among the ah-ha moments: Getting a sponsor in your career is neither magical or random, instead she tells how to ask for one. The 90-day plan and how it works for the first 90 days in a role and how to build a new skill. Choosing the three adjectives you want to be defined by. Noting the “Frequently Wrong, Never in Doubt” people and how to make your mark. This book’s structure of 10 strategies and end-of-chapter summaries makes it quick to digest and act on. Here’s my favorite quote from the book: “When I get up in the morning, I start out with the intention that am going to be triumphant in my day.” Excellent inspirational how-to book.
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This book was geared toward a niche market, financial professionals. The “lingo” Carla used required a level of financial understanding and the examples provided were all from within the financial industry. However, the shear factor that set this book apart from other business-minded books was the financial setting and financial experiences, as they related to Carla. It is for this reason I enjoyed the book, but for this same reason a broader audience may not.

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