Back in Control: How to Stay Sane, Productive, & Inspired in Your Career Transition (Culture Tools Series) - Softcover

Work is a stabilizing structure in our lives. When it is gone, we can spiral out of control. Diane Wilson respectfully shares the stories of loss and emergence with insightful markers that normalize both the journey and the humanity of an experience most of us will face. This is a great tool for people in transition and those who help them through the process. --Peg Hendershot, Director, Career Vision, a division of The Ball Foundation

I wish that I could have had this book in my hands when I worked through my own unexpected career transition ten years ago. My humble experience surely resonates with Diane's wisdom from her own highly developed spiritual intelligence (SI). I recommend this book to those who are willing to reflect and learn from their own experience in tough times. Life is good only if we are able to see the life larger than our own. --Zenglo Chen, Ph.D., Management Psychologist, Motorola

Back in Control is right on the money with sound advice on behavioral styles. The content is insightful and presented in an engaging manner. I highly recommend this book if you want to learn how to communicate effectively with potential employers who may have different styles than your own. --Jack Cullen, author of The Agile Manager

An inspirational primer for those seeking meaning in their lives and careers. Ms. Wilson does an outstanding job of helping the reader discover one's own path while encouraging life balance. --Gary S. Cohen, Co-President, Employee Resource Systems

Diane Wilson's book, based on her extensive experience, provides informed and compassionate guidance for the difficult transitions that many face in the course of their careers. --Robert B.Slaney, Head of Department of Counselor Education, Counseling Psychology, and Rehabilitation Services, Penn State University

Ms. Wilson has done a wonderful service for anyone experiencing career transition. She shares her wisdom on how to effectively manage the variety of challenges that accompany career change in a refreshingly straightforward and practical way. As a career coach, I found her stories, insights, and strategies to be right on target with what I focus on with my own clients. This book is a must read for anyone interested in optimizing their success and effectiveness with career change. --Albert D. Spicer, Psy.D., Chicago Coach Federation

Diane brings a wonderful new perspective to transition. I suspect this is the ONLY book on this topic that includes a discussion of Feng Shui and Focus! Since reading it, I have changed my office and feel totally refreshed. Diane asks much of her readers, however, when in transition, life holds great rewards for those willing to make the right investment of time and resources. --Roger Breisch, Founder, Midwest Organizational Learning Network

Diane Grimard Wilson provides sound, practical advice to help manage the emotional side of career transition, drawing from a wide range of experiences and learning models. You will find opportunities to convert uncertainty and fear into growth and positive change. --Jeffrey Sugerman, President & CEO, Inscape Publishing

Job transition has the power to crack us wide open and send us reeling. Rather than beginning with what we should do, Back in Control starts with where we are. Its gift is helping us to become aware of what is going on within us and to accept it as a departure point on a path of engagement and empowerment. --Al Gustafson, Cross Roads Center

Back in Control is a powerful book for not only people in job transition and contemplating career changes; it is full of insightful ways to live a life you love. --John H. Bishop, Certified HeartMath Coach

With over fifteen years of experience Diane Wilson shows that you can manage the mental and emotional underpinnings of transition to your benefit. She puts you back in control with actions that increase emotional balance, confidence, intuition, energy, and productivity. After reading this book, you'll view transition as an opportunity instead of a formidable chore.