Shifting Into Higher Gear

This inspiring book offers a step-by-step plan to match your strengths and interests with a career that will fulfil you for a lifetime. While the approach it takes may be a little too values/intuition based for some, the authors are surprisingly pragmatic.

They work on the premise that, although it takes a diverse workforce to run our world, the questions that many of us ask us are essentially the same: how can I fulfil the central purpose of my life, and do I have a higher calling? The authors believe a calling involves what you are good at, what you’ve gained experience in, what you dream about, where your passion lies and where you have confidence to perform. Caliguire and Siciliano argue that you don’t have to be good at everything, and finding the career of your calling isn’t about seeking something you don’t have.

Shifting Into Higher Gear is well written and structured. It presents a comprehensive three-stage program for discovering your calling, turning that calling into a career, and sustaining your passion once you land the job of your dreams. The authors offer plenty of food for thought when it comes to action and reflection. So it offers HR much to think about both in and out of the workplace.