Career Crisis

2025 PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY OPRAH DAILY, ADAM GRANT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE, AND MORE A revolutionary guide to fixing what’s not working—in systems and processes, organizations and companies, and even in...

I built his career in the dark. Now, I’m tearing it down in the light. For nine years, Bekka Clarke has been the invisible architect of her husband Zackary’s phenomenal corporate success. She writes his pitches, rescues his accounts, and smiles from the sidelines while he takes all the credit and the bonuses. It’s a partnership, at least until Zackary orchestrates a highly coveted vice president promotion for his new mistress, assuming his hyper-competent wife will quietly absorb the blow. He calculated wrong. Armed with a brilliant mind for strategy and a devastating paper trail, ...

You built the experience. You delivered the results. You did what a successful career was supposed to require. So why does it suddenly feel like no one sees you? For experienced professionals, career decline rarely begins with one dramatic event. More often, it happens quietly. The opportunities stop coming. Your expertise gets acknowledged but not rewarded. You are passed over for assignments you once would have received automatically. Your network grows quieter. Recruiters seem more interested in what is new than in what you have already accomplished. And somewhere along the way, a ...

Are you feeling lost or stuck in your career? For 18 to 25 year olds struggling with uncertainty, the challenges are unprecedented. AI disruption, social media pressures, economic instability, and post-COVID isolation have created a perfect storm. You're stressed out and searching for clarity. Drawing on new research and real stories from fellow students and young professionals, ICF-certified career coach Scott Doyne offers more than just another book of advice.

Paula Sinclair saved four hundred dollars a month for eight years. Ninety-six deposits. Forty-seven thousand dollars. Enough to leave the insurance office, restore her teaching license, and walk back into a classroom at fifty-two. Then she checks the account. Two thousand, eight hundred and forty-seven dollars. Her husband wired the rest to another veterinarian’s failing clinic. Nathan says it was an investment. He says the money will come back. He says he planned to surprise her when it tripled. Then Paula finds the statements he intercepted. The email alerts he changed. Four months of ...

"The first book to argue that even though artificial intelligence may replace millions of jobs, it can never replace the one thing that truly matters." Artificial intelligence isn't just changing the way we work. It's changing the way we think about ourselves. For generations, we humans measured our worth by our intelligence, our education, our careers, and our ability to produce valuable work. But what happens when a machine can perform many of the same intellectual tasks in seconds—and at almost no cost? The result isn't simply economic disruption. It's an identity crisis. Millions of ...

In Crisis Through the Door, Dr. Eric S. Plummer, a chief of police, public safety strategist, and author of the acclaimed Crisis at the Top, turns his focus from leadership failures at the top to the critical, often overlooked mistakes made at the front door of the profession: hiring and early culture formation. With decades of experience leading public safety agencies in higher education and municipal environments, Dr. Plummer exposes the hidden risks that come with poor hiring decisions, rushed onboarding, and a lack of accountability during probationary periods.

Lily, Ana, and Margot have been best friends ever since Hawthorne Res Life assigned them as roommates during their first year of college. Ten years later and Lily is planning her wedding to the endlessly supportive and entirely symmetrical Jack. Ana is a fourth-grade teacher at the prestigious Horizon Academy, alma mater of her long-term boyfriend, who’s finally asked her to move in. Margot is about to land a life-changing promotion at ad agency McQueen O’Doul’s. It all looks good from here.

Spread through the public in the form of popular stories, ideas can go viral and move markets - whether it's the belief that tech stocks can only go up or that housing prices never fall. Whether true or false, stories like these - transmitted by word of mouth, by the news media, and increasingly by social media - drive the economy by driving our decisions about how and where to invest, how much to spend and save, and more. But despite the obvious importance of such stories, most economists have paid little attention to them. Narrative Economics sets out to change that.

In this essential handbook—a blend of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Happiness Project—the co-host of the wildly popular InvestED podcast shares her yearlong journey learning to invest, as taught to her by her father, investor and bestselling author Phil Town. Growing up, the words finance...

New York Times bestselling author and co-founder/CEO of The Modern Elder Academy inspires readers to embrace midlife as a time of joy in this life-changing book. “A clear blueprint for creating the lives we want.” —Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project...

A practical plan for the millions of people in their fifties and sixties who find themselves out of work, unable to find a job, and financially incapable of retiring, Elizabeth White shows how to get past any blame or shame, overcome denial, and find a path to a new normal. Elizabeth White has...

Need a crisis? Pick one. If you’re a PR professional working in a corporation, startup, small business, or nonprofit, you’ll have to deal with a crisis. When. Not if. Are you prepared to deal with the media? Hold a press conference? Prepare speaking points for the CEO? Give media training? Get a handle on your brand and keep the facts front and center?

If you're stuck in a quarter life crisis and can't explain why nothing feels settled, you're not broken. Every scroll shows someone your age with the job, the relationship, the life you don't have yet. The self-doubt gets louder every time you compare your unfinished story to their highlight reel. The Identity Crisis of Your 20s is a clear, research-backed guide through the career anxiety, comparison, and identity confusion defining this decade. No hollow affirmations. Just an honest explanation of what's actually happening, and what to do about it. Understand why a quarter life crisis is ...

Bloomsbury presents From Strength to Strength written and read by Arthur C. Brooks. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change' – The Dalai Lama 'This book is amazing' – Chris Evans 'A valuable guide to finding...

Meet your next crisis head on and get through it stronger than ever by using the hard-earned strategies and core principles from Marc Polymeropoulos, a highly decorated, 26-year operations officer with the CIA. Marc Polymeropoulos has had to live with the consequences of decisions made under the...

The crisis playbook you learned is obsolete. Worse—it's dangerous. What worked five years ago now accelerates disaster. In a world where silence equals guilt, every statement becomes political, and misinformation travels faster than truth, corporate leaders need an entirely new approach to protecting their organizations. Bradley Akubuiro served as Boeing’s chief spokesperson during the 737 MAX crisis and has counseled companies facing everything from DEI backlash to viral boycotts.

Using compelling, real-world case studies—including firsthand experience from corporate crises that made global headlines—Ehrhart gives leaders the exact strategies they need to think, respond, and lead under pressure. Whether you’re a business executive, PR strategist, or crisis communicator, Crisis Compass will transform the way you approach high-stakes moments.

2021 Audiobook of the Year – The British Book Awards The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Jay Shetty, social media superstar and host of the #1 podcast ‘On Purpose’, distils the timeless wisdom he learned as a practising monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less...

Crisis Averted explores the unpredictable world of crisis management and the decisions that make or break a company's future. A no-nonsense playbook offering practical guidance, applying its principles and strategies will empower you to approach potential challenges with confidence and competence. The lessons are universal and cut across every industry, meaning all organizations can use Crisis Averted to safeguard their single most important asset: their reputation.