New Year, New Career – Korn Ferry Releases Book on How to Take Control and Get Ahead in 2020
January 02 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Korn Ferry CEO Shares Proven Strategies
for Taking Control of Your Career -
In his new book, Advance: The Ultimate How-To Guide for Your
Career, Gary Burnison, CEO of Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY), and a New
York Times best-selling author, shares an insider’s look on
everything professionals need to take control and get ahead in
their careers in the new year.
Advance draws on Burnison’s experiences—plus the expertise of
Korn Ferry, a global organizational consulting firm with nearly
10,000 employees that develops thousands of people every year and
puts someone in a job every three minutes of the workday.
The book delivers straight talk on a wide range of essential
career topics – from managing for the first time, surviving bad
bosses, and coping with coworkers to delivering great
presentations, working virtually—and, of course, getting promoted
and making more money.
Advance unlocks the secrets to advancement for
everyone—especially those who have become passive and stuck in
their careers and don’t know where to turn. Not knowing what to do,
they wait – even though raises don’t materialize, and promotions go
to others – all the while expecting their employer will come to
their rescue.
“Professionals need to get themselves ready for the next job and
open the door to their next opportunity,” says Burnison. “But the
sad fact is most people spend more time doing research when buying
a flat-screen TV or a washing machine than thinking about how to
get ahead in their careers. To get that job, to land that promotion
or to get ahead in this new year – a time when the rules are
changing dramatically – people need to take control. No one is
coming to the rescue.”
Advance provides strategic direction for getting ahead. The book
lays out a plan in three basic steps: “First, it starts with
you—with greater self-awareness of your strengths, weaknesses, and
motivation,” Burnison says. “But, second, it’s not about you.
Instead, you need to develop emotional intelligence and
interpersonal skills to work more effectively with
others—especially that difficult boss or those annoying coworkers.
And, third, if you really want to earn more, you need to learn
more—becoming a lifelong learner.”
Advance offers invaluable career advice to professionals at
every level – from recent college graduates to senior executives.
Key concepts include the following, and more:
- How to earn more money and get promoted – following the
advice contained in the acronym “MORE”:
- M – Meet face-to-face with your boss, with ongoing
discussions about goals, priorities, and how you can contribute to
team success.
- O – Own your objectives of what you’re going to deliver
and when, to become an outlier in performance – and indispensable
to the boss.
- R – Research the market to find out what your position
is worth, instead of merely assuming you’re underpaid.
- E – Envision your end game of taking on new challenges
and opportunities to learn and grow, as you progress from job to
job.
- Surviving a difficult boss – and determining when you’re
the problem
- Coexisting with coworkers – the good, the bad, and the
utterly annoying
- Managing for the first time – without pulling the
“authority” card
- Working virtually – without becoming invisible
- Building political capital – knowing where the influence
really lies
- Avoid useless meetings – no more default to “let’s have
a meeting”
- Going global – whether “at home” or with an overseas
assignment
- Using your “right brain” – developing key people
skills
The book complements Korn Ferry's newest offering for
professional-level job seekers, Korn Ferry Advance
(www.kfadvance.com/). Korn Ferry Advance offers online assessments,
resume review, career coaching, and other services that leverage
Korn Ferry's vast IP and consulting expertise in leadership
development. Through Korn Ferry Advance, job seekers find the
expertise they need and the encouragement they desire to find the
career path that will bring them more purpose and passion and
elevate their performance.
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We work
with clients to design their organizational structures, roles and
responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise
them on how to reward, develop and motivate their workforce. And,
we help professionals navigate and advance their careers.
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