Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women - Hardcover

by Octavia Goredema (Author)

Advance your career with this insightful playbook for underrepresented women

In Prep, Push, Pivot, award-winning career coach and author Octavia Goredema delivers an indispensable career coaching guide for women looking for a new job, dealing with job loss, pivoting to a new career, or returning to the workforce after an extended absence.

You'll discover practical strategies you can implement at crucial times during your career, ensuring your considerable talents and skills are used to their full potential. In this important book, you'll:

• Discover your true worth, cement your career values, and carve out a realistic and aspirational career plan
• Learn how to position yourself for a promotion, navigate a break in your career, and integrate your role as a mother or caregiver with your professional life
• Deal with monumental career changes, contribute to the development of the women around you, and benefit from an array of professional resources in your journey forward

Perfect for women who are ready to overcome any obstacles that await them, Prep, Push, Pivot is a thoughtful road map to help women chart their professional and personal success.

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In Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women, renowned career coach Octavia Goredema delivers an indispensable career guide for women of color who are looking for a new job, dealing with a job loss, ready to try something entirely new, or returning after time out of the workforce.

Divided into three comprehensive sections, Part One focuses on preparation, encouraging you to know your worth and cement your career values. Part Two is focused on pushing forward, coaching you on how to position yourself for promotion, navigate career breaks, and align your goals as a working parent or caregiver. Finally, Part Three addresses how to change careers, how to empower others around you to succeed, and offers a variety of career resources to enable you to achieve your next big milestone.

Written specifically to help women of color navigate pivotal and watershed moments that define our professional success, Prep, Push, Pivot shows you how to absorb--and recover from--a career setback and seize new opportunities.

Prep, Push, Pivot provides a powerful boost for your career. It's also a must-read for executives, managers, and other business leaders trying to gain perspective on the challenges minority female professionals face as they enter, re-enter, or advance in the workforce.

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PRAISE FOR PREP, PUSH, PIVOT

"Prep, Push, Pivot doesn't just show you how to set career goals; it shows you how to bounce back from a setback, which is priceless."
--TIFFANY ALICHE, New York Times bestselling author of Get Good with Money

"I wish I'd had this book earlier in my career! Regardless of what level or stage you are in your career, Prep, Push, Pivot is an essential read for women of color looking to achieve their professional goals."
--MARISA GRIMES GALIBER, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, United States Tennis Association (USTA)

"Prep, Push, Pivot provides an invaluable framework for ambitious women. Octavia's insights are applicable to women who want to win in their careers."
--MABEL FRÍAS, Co-founder, LUNA MAGIC

"This book is a must-read. Prep, Push, Pivot is packed with practical and motivational career advice."
--VANESSA WALLACE, Paralympian (Great Britain)

Author Biography

OCTAVIA GOREDEMA is an award-winning career coach and writer who focuses on advancing career opportunities for underrepresented professionals and accelerating diversity, inclusion, and equity. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Grazia magazine, Black Enterprise, and more.