The Agile Executive: Embracing Career Risks and Rewards

Name: The Agile Executive: Embracing Career Risks and Rewards
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By Marianne Broadbent

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The Agile Executive: Embracing Career Risks and Rewards

Marianne Broadbent is a leadership and executive search consultant who works every day with women and men making career decisions and life choices. She provides sharp and informed insights, through her work with organisations and teams, to build and sustain great talent.

Marianne Broadbent is a leadership and executive search consultant who works every day with women and men making career decisions and life choices.

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The Agile Executive: Embracing Career Risks and Rewards by Marianne Broadbent offers a unique insight into the world of career decisions and life choices. As a leadership and executive search consultant, Marianne works daily with individuals making significant career moves, providing them with invaluable advice.

Marianne's career journey has seen her transition from a high school teacher to a global business executive while raising four children and maintaining a 'guilt-free environment.' She shares her personal experiences of taking career risks, making diverse choices, and managing a 'blended life' in today’s modern world, where success often requires moving away from linear career paths and embracing diversity and risk.

The book is enriched with contributions from 23 executives who share their personal and career perspectives. These contributors provide additional insights into managing trade-offs and progressing in their professional lives.

Contributors include:

Company Directors: Kathryn Fagg, Chris Gillies, Andrea Hull, Susan Oliver, and Elizabeth Proust.
Business Executives and Entrepreneurs: Nina Anderson, Alisa Bowen (USA), Robin Kranich (USA), Jane Sherlock, Elisabet Wreme, Alison Hardacre, and Lalitha Biddulph (Singapore).
Public and Education Sector Executives: Glenys Beauchamp, Kate Carnell, Jane Den Hollander, and Jodie Evans.
Not-for-Profit CEOs: Sherene Devanesen, Christine Kilpatrick, and Lucinda Nolan.
Emerging Leaders: Abigail Bradshaw, Rachel Dapiran, Katie Cromie, and Asa Lautenberg (Germany).

The Agile Executive is divided into three parts: Lead Yourself with Purpose, Lead Others with Resolve, and Lead with Insight from Others. It is not only a resource for experienced executives but also provides vital advice for those starting their career journey.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925556476

Publisher: Melbourne Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 May 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: Melbourne Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 320g

Pages: 240

Collections

Career Development Marianne Broadbent Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Penguin Books Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

For the past 11 years, Marianne has been Managing Partner and co-owner of NGS Global, an international leadership advisory business. Prior to that she was a Group Vice-President and then Senior Vice-President of the US headquartered professional services firm, Gartner Inc (listed on the NYSE). She has held a Chair of Management, and been Associate Dean and Professor at Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, and led that School's Senior Executive MBA. She has been a Finalist in the Telstra Business Woman of the Year (nominated by a junior staff member) and is regularly a judge for The Australian's Innovation Challenge. On the personal side, Marianne has four adult children, a bunch of grandchildren, and the same partner for over 40 years.