Career development happens at all organizational levels and takes most victims by surprise. Most books examining career development deal with abstract concepts and focus only on top executives.
This book defines 99 career ending pitfalls, is illustrated with real world examples and offers specific advice to employees at al levels in business, nonprofit, government, and military organizations. It includes a self-assessment inventory that helps readers understand their own risk of derailment.
Topics include overcoming self-sabotage, learning from feedback, surviving intimidating bosses, avoiding functional blinders, embracing necessary change, and avoiding victimization by repressed emotions. Advice is given on how to avoid the indirect hazards of working with superiors or subordinates who are on the path to derailment.
