ABSTRACT

This book shares vital career advice to help professionals navigate common "internally disruptive" career experiences such as harassment and bullying, imposter syndrome, membership in an underrepresented group, toxic workplaces, discrimination, and more.

Dr. Helen Ofosu draws on twenty years of helping employers acquire talent and coaching professionals through difficult career choices to unpack these layered and complicated issues in an easy-to-follow way. Dealing with the dark side of management, the book outlines various issues that can occur in the workplace, or during a person’s career journey, and offers practical advice on how to overcome these obstacles and setbacks. Using her considerable HR experience, Dr. Ofosu also offers coveted insights from the employer’s point of view. For people who have already tried other options to resolve their complicated career issues, this book offers an essential guide that equips readers with a knowledge base to make informed decisions around building and sustaining a thriving and resilient career.

How to be Resilient in Your Career: Facing Up to Barriers at Work is a reliable resource presented with nuance, depth, and specificity. Psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, and HR professionals who are looking for effective advice when supporting people struggling with these issues, will greatly benefit from this book, as will early career professionals, and established earners looking to resolve their career issues.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter 1|5 pages

Psychometric Testing

chapter Chapter 2|24 pages

Underemployment or Being Overqualified

chapter Chapter 3|9 pages

The Impostor Syndrome

chapter Chapter 4|14 pages

Bullying, Harassment, and Discrimination

chapter Chapter 5|15 pages

Navigating Professional Boundaries

chapter Chapter 6|23 pages

Toxic Workplaces

chapter Chapter 7|31 pages

Identity Is Complex

chapter Chapter 9|13 pages

Workplace Scapegoats and the Glass Cliff

chapter Chapter 10|7 pages

Avoiding and Coping with Burnout at Work

chapter Chapter 11|15 pages

When It's Time to Change Jobs