Take charge of your career and leap confidently into your future

“Intriguing, insightful, useful, and very readable.” —Jon R. Katzenbach, bestselling author of The Wisdom of Teams

When change is a constant and the nature of work rapidly evolves, it’s easy to become fearful and discouraged. In The Career Catapult, innovative career consultant Roopa Unnikrishnan shows you how to gaze into an uncertain future and shape it to your advantage—regardless of your current position in the job hierarchy.

Leaping into a revised career trajectory requires quick and purposeful movement. Roopa offers five essential disciplines that will catapult you along the fast track:

Discipline 1: Dig Deep to Soar

Examine your skills and resources to accurately assess your marketplace value

Discipline 2: Stalk Innovations and Trends

Explore the context in which you can offer your value

Discipline 3: Jolt Your Network

Use your assets, including networks that can drive significant value

Discipline 4: Prototype Possibilities

Free yourself to imagine—visualize the full array of possibilities and test-drive them

Discipline 5: Go Extreme

Recognize opportunity when your desired future is within reach—and reach for it

Disruption isn’t just for tech moguls. When you dare to change the status quo and bring an innovative spirit to your own career, the sky becomes the limit!