This book brings a fresh approach – based on the stories of a diverse and colorful range of career changers – that will inspire many to explore similar moves. It also provides excellent thinking for organizations, where there is still an enormous need for improved approaches to career management.

Successful businesses and economies alike are dependent upon people not only doing their jobs, but also developing and improving through their work. We could all benefit from daring and experimenting more in our careers, and Disrupt Your Career shows how, through captivating examples and convincing frameworks for action.

How often have you wondered if those that leave your organization are doing so for the right reasons? What would you give to know more, and lose less? Disrupt Your Career holds one of the keys to this increasing challenge for leaders, and outlines a series of insights and processes that can lead to better career comfort for individuals and enhanced, more effective career management for organizations. Tirard and Harbour-Lyell tell the stories that illustrate the career transitions with simplicity and empathy, and make it obvious that we can all learn from them.

For a leader in any substantial organization, one major preoccupation beyond attracting the very best people is also keeping them stimulated, challenged and fulfilled. This book provides invaluable insight, research and strategies for improvement in both talent strategy and career management. The stories are inspiring and authentic, indicating new paths to follow, and innovative approaches to managing career paths for both companies and individuals.

In a world where change is the only constant, this book is a must-read for young and seasoned executives alike to take advantage of planned and unplanned changes, and build a successful career.

Every day, as an executive search professional, I meet leaders looking for guidance and creative ways to confront the challenge of career transition. Claire and Antoine have created a truly enjoyable book, which tells compelling and inspiring stories covering all the major, twenty first century transitions, for which people are typically so poorly prepared.They offer sound, systematic frameworks for individuals to plan and execute their own career changes. They also offer models and recommendations for organizations to handle career management strategically and effectively. Disrupt Your Career is destined to become the reference for all leaders the world over.

As someone who has made career changes across three continents, four languages and multiple functions and industry sectors, I am convinced that it is crucial to harvest the enormous value created by transitions. Those of us fortunate enough to have gone through the pain and excitement of such uncharted shifts gain in many ways, and organizations would do well to be more open to hiring such people. Claire and Antoine’s storytelling capability is impressive, and their frameworks for planning simple and fun to use. This book is of universal value.

An essential, soul-saving guide for anyone navigating a non-traditional career path, including most women. And for the companies smart enough to attract them – and creative enough to benefit from their adaptive skills.

Disrupt Your Career makes a significant contribution towards the career challenge, by illustrating various uncharted transitions with compelling and insightful stories. The frameworks are strikingly simple, and the book provides invaluable options and strategies for organizations and individuals alike.

Contemporary careers are nearly limitless for those who have the ability to cross boundaries. And it is in those crossings — in transitions often uncharted and unexpected — that careers are made or broken. Tirard and Harbour-Lyell distil their wisdom into a compass that will give you confidence to explore new career opportunities and help you navigate the transition towards them.

…offers a treasure trove of insight, experience, frameworks and thought-provoking questions for anyone who is contemplating a career transition. Practical yet conceptually rich, informative yet action-oriented, nurturing yet challenging – an excellent read!

Career disruption will happen to everyone – and most of us are ill prepared. This captivating book shows how to understand career transitions and gives fascinating and practical ideas about how best to navigate. A must read for anyone embarking on a life change.

Whether you are an individual pondering a big change, or forced into transition by yet another downsizing, or you are leading an organization and hoping to stem the early attrition of your people, there is something here for you. The stories are compelling, and the frameworks for action simple and solid.

This book brings a fresh approach – based on the stories of a diverse and colorful range of career changers – that will inspire many to explore similar moves. It also provides excellent thinking for organizations, where there is still an enormous need for improved approaches to career management.

In today’s environment, there is no ‘one size fits all’ anymore. That’s why I find this approach towards career management so relevant and useful: a holistic process of exploring, experimenting, engaging and expanding to make better decisions and ultimately find career success.

…combines insights drawn from stories of successful career changers with rigorous research and practical ideas that can be put to immediate use. The book beautifully demonstrates that career reinvention is not only possible, but should be embraced in today’s VUCA world.