Don’t Let Disruption Derail Your Career
Whether within or beyond a company, disruption can happen at any time. Regardless, you have a job and responsibilities to maintain. Now is the time to pause and explore ways that you can recenter yourself so you can move forward with purpose and a clear direction. To manage your career during uncertain times, you may have to learn new skills, reach out to colleagues to establish working partnerships, or take a lead on a work challenge. In this issue of TD at Work, Tom E. Jones:
• Details how to stay focused and maintain your career, especially during times of turmoil
• Reviews best practices related to teamwork and solving problems with colleagues
• Outlines ways to establish a personal support system
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Full ProfileTom Jones has studied organizations and the people they employ long enough to have a keen sense of what it takes for both to prosper. He writes and speaks about those leadership challenges and management perplexities that ultimately determine the success or failure of today’s customer-sensitive workplace.
In his new book, Doers: The Vital Few Who Get Things Done, Tom shows employers how to create a workplace where doers flourish. He also shows doers how to seek out an organization where their eagerness to succeed is recognized and rewarded.
Tom holds a doctoral degree in organization and leadership from the University of San Francisco. He has lectured at six universities and currently teaches Principles of Management for the College of Business at California State University, Monterey Bay.
