{"product_id":"9780071791700","title":"The Career Lattice: Combat Brain Drain, Improve Company Culture, and Attract Top Talent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReroute your career path for better, faster, longer-lasting success\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“If you’ve been waiting for your HR department to plan out your next career move, you’ll be stuck waiting forever. Joanne Cleaver explains why the career matrix is what you need to succeed. It’s valuable information that most HR departments aren’t ready or able to give you.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady, evilhrlady.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“ As Cleaver insightfully writes, the traditional career ladder is dead. To stay relevant, workers need to become nimble, enterprising, and far more professionally connected than their pre-recession counterparts. Essential reading for anyone who wants to stand out in today’s highly competitive business world.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Michelle Goodman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anti 9-to-5 Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy So-Called Freelance Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“In post-recessionary Corporate America, the ladder is becoming a thing of the past. You need to think of your career in a new way, a way in which you are constantly focused on acquiring new and honing existing skill sets to remain marketable and competitive. Using Joanne Cleaver’s Career Lattice’s prescription of group-centered coaching and mentoring, you’ll get by with a little help from your friends.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Alexandra Levit, author of \u003ci\u003eBlind Spots: 10 Business Myths You Can’t Afford to Believe on Your New Path to Success\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOVER IS THE NEW UP.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThanks to the rise of global labor, increasing automation of job functions, and the flattening of workplace organizations, the traditional corporate ladder is gone—and we’ll probably never see it again. For smart, talented, motivated workers, this is the best career news to emerge in a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInstead of following the path of predetermined corporate hierarchies, you need to design a more flexible career path. It’s called the Career Lattice, and it’s about adding new skills to current abilities—while letting go of things that are no longer relevant. It’s about evolving. It’s about embracing change.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Career Lattice\u003c\/i\u003e, career consultant and business journalist Joanne Cleaver gives you the insight, information, tools, and best practices you need to:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eInvest in the best training or continued education for your future goals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eMake smart lateral moves now to help you make upward moves later \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eNetwork more strategically than ever\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSee possibilities down the road that would otherwise have escaped you\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Lattice is both more stable and more dynamic than the linear career ladder. No matter your age or career stage, latticing equips you to make your move into emerging jobs or careers in all industries with more speed, skill, and confidence than your competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt isn’t your father’s world of business anymore. Linearity is out; flexibility is in. \u003ci\u003eThe Career Lattice\u003c\/i\u003e is what you need to make the smartest possible career decisions in a completely transformed world of business.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148248105200,"sku":"9780071791700","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780071791700_p0.jpg?v=1763635946","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780071791700","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}