Description: The downsizing and corporate restructuring of America-- once thought to be a temporary cost-cutting measure to boost profit margins-- has brought a swift end to the era of "lifetime employment". Faced with the fact that these terminations are industry-wide, and usually neither fault-based nor predictable, no executive today is immune. Your marketable skills and experiences are your only true job security, and the opportunities are unlimited for "portable executives"-- those who are independent, self-directed, and willing to work on a contract basis.

In "The Portable Executive", John A. Thompson, the visionary who pioneered the interim management industry, and Catharine A. Henningsen show how you can not only survive but actually thrive in today's ever-changing workforce by becoming "portable." In today's knowledge-based global marketplace, the demand is not for company loyalty, but for flexibility and expertise on an as-needed basis. "The Portable Executive" explores this important evolution in business and the ways in which it has dramatically altered the formula for career success in corporate America. You will learn:
How to identify, continually update, and market your skills
Why companies that downsize full-time employees are willing to hire executives on an as-needed basis
How to make a smooth transition to becoming "portable"-- and how to become a "personal service business entity" rather than "just an employee"
Why the current corporate restructurings and downsizings signal a structural-- not a cyclical-- shift in the way business is conducted now and will be in the future
How the relationship between employers and the executives they hire has changed from "boss/worker" to "peer/peer"
How to seize the many advantages and opportunities offered by this new business shift
Why job strategies that worked as recently as the early '80s are no longer effective
How the knowledge-based economy has created a demand for executives who maintain their skills at the highest level of proficiency and are committed to continuous learning

"The Portable Executive" will guide you to a new, self-directed career-- one that offers more creativity, more satisfaction, more freedom, and greater long-term job security than any corporation in today's volatile corporate climate can.

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