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  • By: Isabel Berwick
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Summary

An accessible and approachable guide to work and careers from a trusted and authoritative source. The Future-Proof Career looks at the new way of working in a post-pandemic world and shows you how to make work work for you, no matter what stage of your career you’re at.

Whether you’re the boss, the deputy or on your way up, the way we’re working in a post-pandemic world is forever changed and it’s important to make your work work for you. This is a book about how to do work differently, by the host of the award-winning Financial Times ‘Working It’ podcast. Packed with expert analysis and ahead-of-the-curve workplace trends, this book looks at the big ideas shaping the world of work today and the old habits we need to lose, examining these pressing topics in depth and bringing in expert opinion and personal experience, with key takeaways summarised at the end of each chapter.

This modern guide to the world of work can be used by everyone – both employed and self-employed, anyone working in new hybrid working practices, or to the many individuals who set up on their own after the pandemic and are navigating a new way of working. The book is split into two sections – Staff and Managers. This works for both groups, as most people are managed and/or aspire to be higher up and so can be dipped into for expert advice and guidance at any stage of your career.

Covering topics as wide-ranging as the four-day working week, bridging the workplace generation gap, making sure your company walks its diversity talk, quiet quitting and the great resignation, achieving workplace equality and even micro-dosing for creativity, The Future-Proof Career spreads the word about understanding modern workplaces so we can all have happier, more productive lives.

This book will help you to navigate the world of work now, tell you how it might change in future – and how you can prepare. Get ahead of uncertainty and take control of your career.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2024 Isabel Berwick (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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“A thoughtful and timely manifesto packed with practical wisdom to let go of the old, progress in the present and embrace the future in the world of work.” – Elizabeth Uviebinené

“There is no better guide to the future of work than Isabel Berwick. She combines journalistic rigour with empathy and insight to find practical, workable solutions. At a time when working life has never been messier, The Future-Proof Career brings clarity, hope and dynamism. Motivational and inspiring in the most grounded and evidenced way, this is the one book you need to plan your next move.” – Viv Groskop, author of How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking

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Everything you need to know right now about work

I loved this book. I'm about to leave the company I've worked at for 20 years, my entire adult life, so you could say I'm going through somewhat of a transition when it comes to work. Some days I feel utterly elated about the prospect of leaving and other days I feel petrified. So I was looking for a bit of guidance and inspiration (plus, listening to an audio book meant I didn't need to listen to my own thoughts, added bonus). What I actually got in this book, was so much more. Highly relatable and relevant content, new ideas and confirmation that I might be doing the right thing here and all is not lost. Have recommended widely to professional contacts that I like and my family members. Am still in two minds about whether to share it with past toxic bosses to see if they recognise themselves. Might do that at Christmas.
Thank you Isabel, it's been a joy.

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A good help to structure thoughts 💭

Great book to evaluate where you stand and how you can move forward in an environment in constant change. The plus for me was the keys points at the end of each chapter

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Excellent & engaging book

This is a very well researched and written book delivered superbly by the author herself. I'd probably describe it as a Swiss Army Knife of workplace and career advice, covering a wide variety of topics that you WILL encounter in the workplace and in your career. It offers practical solutions to help you navigate the waters and is a gem of a book.

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Brilliantly written, priceless advice

Personable, self-aware, authentic and somewhat raw… the best practical advice and wisdom-packed book I have come across in a long while. Brilliantly written, of course, which one book expect from one of the best Financial Times columnists and podcasters… this book is the closest one can have to Wendy Rhoades from Billions… on how to navigate workplace issues and future-proof one’s career… in an audio book format!

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