Portable Executive: Building Your Own Job Security - From Corporate Dependence to Self-Direction

The downsizing of America -- once thought to be a temporary cost-cutting measure to boost profit margins -- has brought a swift end to the era of lifetime employment. Given the fact that these terminations are nationwide, affect every industry, and are usually neither fault-based nor predictable, no executive is immune.
Based on interviews with over 100 now-portable executives who were among the first casualties of downsizing, The Portable Executive explores the unlimited opportunities available to those who are independent, self-directed, and willing to work on a contract basis. It explains:

• How to make a smooth transition to becoming portable
  
• How to identify, continually update, and market your skills
  
• Why companies that downsize full-time employees are willing to hire executives on an as-needed basis
  
• How and why the relationship between employers and executives has changed from boss/worker to peer/peer

And much more -- including how to invent a business, what to charge clients, how to network, market, and sell yourself as a personal service business entity, and, most important, how to enjoy a greater sense of creativity, satisfaction, and long-term job security than ever before.

Author: John A. Thompson
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 02/01/1996
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.85w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9780684818917

About the Author
John A. Thompson is the founder of IMCOR, the nation's first and most successful interim management firm. He lives in Westport, Connecticut. Catharine A. Henningsen is a writer and consultant whose articles have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and other periodicals. She lives in Branford, Connecticut