Good Work: How to Build a Career that Makes a Difference in the World - Hardcover

Houde, Shannon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1789665744 ISBN 13: 9781789665741

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2021

Synopsis

<p><b>Do you want to have a positive impact on the world? Do you want to have a successful career that makes a difference? In short... do you want to do <i>Good Work</i>? Let this step-by-step guide show you how. </b></p><p>Packed with useful tools and exercises, this step-by-step guide will help you figure out your passion and purpose, and how to effectively harness it to make real and positive change - on the world, and on your career. Whether you want to battle climate change, promote diversity and inclusion, work in sustainability - or if you're not sure, but just want to leave things a little better at the end of every work day - let this book support you in turning that passion into action. </p><p>Written by corporate responsibility consultant and certified coach <b>Shannon Houde</b>, this book is part career guide and part job search help - and all purpose-driven. From understanding what the 'purpose economy' is and how you fit into it, to what jobs to go for and how to land them, <i><b>Good Work</b></i> is the helping hand you need to make a career out of changing the world.</p>

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About the Author

<b>Shannon Houde</b> is the Founder and Managing Director of Walk of Life Coaching, an international impact career consultancy focused on sustainable business, the environment, impact investing, international development and corporate responsibility. A speaker, consultant and certified coach, she works with clients around the world, across brands ranging from Google and Deutsche Bank to Virgin Airlines and the UN Foundation. Originally from Washington, DC she has also lived and worked in San Francisco, Phoenix, Boulder, Italy, Chile, Geneva and London, and is now based in Cambridge, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789665744
• ISBN 13: 9781789665741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256