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"Written by businesswoman Lisa Quast, winner of the 2006 Woman of the Year Award from the American Biographical Institute, Your Career, Your Way: Personal Strategies to Achieve Your Career Aspirations is a guide for working women to emplower themselves on the job and nurture their dream careers. Chapters describe how to assess one's strengths, weaknesses, assets, and liabilities; chart a strategic plan and keep track of one's progress; stay focused; and reward oneself for achievements. Numerous sample and reproducible charts lay out an easy-to-follow framework for keeping track of goals, and accomplishing long-term goals through shorter-term initiatives. Although written expressly for career women, Your Career, Your Way is packed with cover-to-cover advice applicable to both genders. 'Do not be afraid to make lateral career moves. In order to gain the necessary experience to be good at higher-level positions, you must be willing to learn all aspects of business and you must learn how to motivate and manage personnel. This means you need to take the initiative to set goals and seek positions that will provide you with the opportunity to broaden your experience and increase your skills, especially in the areas of business operations and running P&Ls (running departments with responsibility for profit and loss).'Highly recommended." — Midwest Book Review |
From Seattle Picks eNewsletter, June 8, 2007: "We love our job, but sometimes even the most aspiring professional gets stuck in a career rut. That's why we turned to the business book section for some guidance. We found local author Lisa Quast's book, Your Career, Your Way: Personal Strategies to Achieve Your Career Aspirations, which provides more than just advice for breaking out of your rut, it offers a plan. Moreover, it offers 'homework' to ensure you'll really create and execute your plan. We hope to reap the benefits for a lifetime.” — Seattle Picks, www.seattlepicks.com |
"Consultant Quast contends that any woman regardless of age or profession can use the business concept of a strategic plan to advance her career. Ten chapters take the reader through the various stages of creating and implementing such a plan, from reviewing assets and evaluating competitors through determining goals, checking progress, and rewarding achievements. Quast's approach is based upon her own experiences climbing the corporate ladder, as well as her work with clients as a career coach and mentor.” — Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
"This book gives women the business formula for a successful career. Anyone who wants their career - their way, can utilize these strategies to make their dream a reality.” — Carolyn Gross |
" Your Career, Your Way is a great tool for women to navigate through the business world. Lisa Quast has created a practical format any career woman can use to create a strategy for success. She gets right to the bottom line of what you need to do to be successful.” — Hellen Davis |
"Businessmen, you better be 'checking your six' because Lisa Quast is a serious Top Gun. This amazing book is a perfect flight plan for women looking to add thrust to their career. A must read for women looking to advance their careers.” — Rob "Waldo" Waldman |
"Written in a crisp, no-nonsense style, the premise of Your Career, Your Way! is that women should view their talents and skills as competitive products to be offered carefully to potential employers. Strategic planning was developed to help businesses position themselves competitively. Using Your Career, Your Way!, the reader can do the same for themselves, following ten crucial steps, from assessing assets and liabilities to goal setting and finally to success. This is a working book, meant to be written in, digested, and taken seriously as a basis for developing a professional lifestyle. Your Career, Your Way! would be an excellent gift for any woman developing a professional career.” — Foreword CLARION Reviews |
"The message is everywhere, - in order to be successful you must have goals. Well, that may be true, but most people have very little understanding of how to develop, manage, and maintain these goals. Good news - help has arrived! Your Career, Your Way! takes this overwhelming task and breaks it down into a step-by-step process. The book is a brilliant tool to guide women toward taking control of their career, understanding where they want to go, and what they need to do to get there.” — Curled Up With a Good Book at www.curledup.com |
"If you want to get ahead in the business world, just read the step-by-step instructions provided in Lisa Quast's first book. Any woman who aspires to climb the corporate ladder would find much useful information in this slim volume.” — The Odessa Record |
"This book's process is a powerful approach toward achieving the ultimate goal in life, namely happiness and contentment. I highly recommend this masterpiece since it contains an amazing compilation of facts and processes that will guide the serious reader to 'being the best one is capable of becoming.'” — F. David Rollo |
"Your Career, Your Way should be the reference guide for all women who want to advance in their careers! As a professional trainer, I was amazed at how easily the reader is able to advance through the chapters, completing the exercises and developing their very own personal career strategic plan. It's an amazingly helpful book and should be on the desks of women around the world.” — Al Patey |
"One of the greatest challenges women face either entering the business world or advancing their business careers is having a personal and strategic plan. Lisa Quast's book is designed to help women make informed decisions on how to jump start their careers and what steps they can take to achieve personal fulfillment.” — Ellen Moos |
"This book really enables people to think about their personal and professional development in practical business terms. With her structured step by step approach and speaking from her rich experience in business and as a coach, Lisa provides self-confidence to anyone wanting to take a next step in their career.” — Carla Mahieu |
"Your Career, Your Way is an essential career roadmap that provides a realistic, practical approach to help you navigate to your next position. This book is a wonderful antidote to the old saying, 'If you don't know where you're going, you'll probably end up someplace else'. Lisa provides an easy-to-follow journal for those who want to begin the journey or change direction.” — Louise A. Kapustka |
"I wish this book had been written sooner! It easily and simply demonstrates how to apply some of the fundamental tools of business (S.W.O.T. analysis, listening to your customers, evaluating your competitors, 'SMART' goals, etc.) to yourself and take your career to the next level.” — Rebecca Baker |
"Lisa Quast has offered many working women (and men!) an extremely useful guide to planning their careers and lives. This is a thinking framework for people to get to grips with who they are and where they want to go. Your Career Your Way is both refreshing and practical” — Tjerk Hooghiemstra |
"After reading this book I realized the importance of organizing my ideas and goals for the future as an educator. This organization is needed as a teacher, nurse, or any college student getting ready to enter the 'real world' of work.” — Cindy Remme |
"Look out men in the world because women have a new champion, mentor and leader.With the reading of her book, Your Career, Your Way, women will have a leg up on their competition.” — Robert Boyd |
" Your Career, Your Way is a hands-on book for anyone willing to invest time in his/her development. It comes complete with templates and examples. Best of all, it comes alive with Lisa’s personal experiences!” — Arlene Sargeant |
"This book provides a simple, yet powerful, step-by-step process to follow to help me move forward in my career. The practical tools make complete sense and I feel more confident by having this road map to follow. I wish I had this sooner!” — Susan Fleenor |
"Lisa illustrates how to stop missing out on promotions. Her relaxed and informal style of writing simplifies business for women and her step-by-step instructions and sample plans for a career strategy are invaluable aids. Without a doubt, this book will provide you with the confidence and know-how to take the most effective and efficient path to achieve your career aspirations.” — Meredith Darvie |