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title: "Career Reinvention When Others Have a Stake in What You Do Next"
url: https://stacklist.com/card/33220737-327a-4fe2-b88c-8b66c6f2a97e
source_url: "https://hbr.org/2024/01/reinventing-your-career-when-its-not-just-about-you"
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summary: "Reinventing your career requires considering the impact on important people in your life and factoring them into your decision process. The article explores how mid-career professionals navigate career transitions, using the example of a corporate executive who pursued entrepreneurial ventures after receiving a severance package."
tags: "career-change, career-transitions, personal-growth, work-identity, mid-career, decision-making, life-balance"
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# Career Reinvention When Others Have a Stake in What You Do Next

Harvard Business Review Logo Managing yourself Reinventing Your Career — When It’s Not Just About You by Herminia Ibarra January 16, 2024 RichVintage/Getty Images Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Summary . When you decide to change careers, the important people in your life have a stake in what you do, so it’s important to factor them in to your decision process. The challenge is to figure out ... more Leer en español Ler em português Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print “I wish my husband never read your book,” a friend said to me some years ago, referring to Working Identity , my book about how people make career changes at mid-career. A successful corporate executive, my friend’s husband had been thinking of making a career shift when he was offered a severance package. The package was generous: It paid him well enough that he was able to explore some of his entrepreneurial ideas for two years, notably one that he’d been dreaming about for years: starting a wine business. Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Read more on Managing yourself or related topics Career transitions and Personal growth and transformation