"Catherine Morgan challenges our deeply-held beliefs and ideas on what work is supposed to look like. In doing so, she opens up the possibility to craft a professional life on our own terms. She smacks you on the side of the head with some straight-talk and follows it up with some compassionate support in a way only a rockstar coach can. When you read this book, you'll see your career differently, both the one you have now and the one you're building towards."
Description
"...takes the lid off the difficult career questions we all face, and provides pointed advice for finding healthy, empowering work."-Steve Woodruff, Author, Clarity Wins
The Great Resignation, the Great Reshuffling, and Quiet Quitting-clearly something is not right at work. Rates of stress, anxiety, and depression were skyrocketing before the COVID-19 pandemic. Tied to their smartphones 24/7, many people were overworking, measuring their self-worth and value by how busy they were. They compared their lives to the filtered lives of peers on social media. They worked in corporate cultures that didn't support employees, and they undervalued the importance of their own mental and physical health.
During the pandemic's height in 2020, many people were forced to stay home. Some found themselves without a job at all; others had to learn to do their jobs remotely. It was during this "down time" that many people realized that busyness, overworking, overconsumption, avoidance, and numbing weren't helping. In fact, the whole approach was batshit crazy.
In This Isn't Working! Evolving the Way We Work to Decrease Stress, Anxiety, and Depression, career transition expert Catherine Altman Morgan explains why we shouldn't be striving to get back to "normal," because normal wasn't all that great. Instead, we need to EVOLVE.
Through her company, Point A to Point B Transitions Inc., Catherine has worked with many clients who suffer with physical and mental health issues caused by work-related stress.
In this book she offers techniques and strategies to rethink how we live and work and start feeling better almost immediately.
"I need this book. You might too! If you've felt a bit dented, here's the fix!" -Chris Brogan, Chief of Staff, Appfire.com
Reviews
"As I read through This Isn't Working! I found myself jotting down names of people who absolutely needed to read this book right now. So many professionals are in desperate need of Catherine Morgan's expertise. If you are at a crossroads in your profession and your life, and know there's just got to be MORE out there, this book will give you the direction, the tools, and the wise counsel you're seeking."
"Today's world of work is starkly different from past decades. To get and keep great jobs, This Isn't Working! is the perfect contemporary career guide, written by Catherine Morgan, an expert who gets real results every day for her clients."
"No one sets out to work themselves into a downward spiral, but that's what our professional lives often become: a soul-consuming trap. Catherine Morgan takes the lid off the difficult career questions we all face, and provides pointed advice for finding healthy, empowering work. Catherine has been my go-to resource over many years for professional friends in career transition, and I am grateful that she has written this book for the benefit of many others."