Supporting Achievers to Unlock Sustainable Career Success
Theory, Strategy and Practice
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-1-911724-75-9 (ISBN)
Description
"... I have no hesitation in recommending this book. Its content will inspire and educate you, aid your own professional reflection and enable you to help your clients find their wings and fly off to a life in which they will thrive."
Claire Johnson, RCDP and CDI, NICEC and ICCI Fellow
This must-have resource equips career development professionals, executive coaches and HR managers with the theory, tools and strategies to identify, coach and empower achievers.
Packed with powerful yet simple coaching activities, reflective questions and real-life coaching outcomes from case studies, this book enables practitioners to foster deeper self-awareness, career alignment and sustainable success within achievers, helping them to unlock their career potential.
This definitive guide offers:
An actionable framework: the innovative Seven Career Thieves model provides careers professionals with a structured approach to identify and address the specific patterns that undermine achiever potential
Evidence-based interventions: each chapter equips practitioners with coaching strategies grounded in psychological theories and neurological research, tailored for clients at different career stages
A professional development toolkit: contains practical techniques and exercises that careers professionals can immediately implement to help clients overcome achievement-related challenges and build sustainable success.
This is the indispensable practitioner guide for helping achievers unlock career success.
Claire Johnson, RCDP and CDI, NICEC and ICCI Fellow
This must-have resource equips career development professionals, executive coaches and HR managers with the theory, tools and strategies to identify, coach and empower achievers.
Packed with powerful yet simple coaching activities, reflective questions and real-life coaching outcomes from case studies, this book enables practitioners to foster deeper self-awareness, career alignment and sustainable success within achievers, helping them to unlock their career potential.
This definitive guide offers:
An actionable framework: the innovative Seven Career Thieves model provides careers professionals with a structured approach to identify and address the specific patterns that undermine achiever potential
Evidence-based interventions: each chapter equips practitioners with coaching strategies grounded in psychological theories and neurological research, tailored for clients at different career stages
A professional development toolkit: contains practical techniques and exercises that careers professionals can immediately implement to help clients overcome achievement-related challenges and build sustainable success.
This is the indispensable practitioner guide for helping achievers unlock career success.
Reviews / Votes
"In this expertly crafted book, Carolyn Parry shows how she enabled seven achievers to identify and overcome thieves ... such as Perfectionism, Comparison, Approval-Seeking, Overwhelm, Depletion, Disconnection and Burnout ... Rich in research and references, it provides a guide to each thief, its influence in the workplace and effect on individuals depending on their age, gender, neurodivergence, socio-economic status and cultural and ethnicity perspectives.If you work in career development, careers education, executive coaching or HR, investing time in reading this book will definitely be well spent. You may also find that some of the thieves resonate with your own situation and can then utilise the practical strategies for your own self-care and career wellbeing.
As someone who worked in the career development sector for forty years, many of which in senior professional roles, I have no hesitation in recommending this book. Its content will inspire and educate you, aid your own professional reflection and enable you to help your clients find their wings and fly off to a life in which they will thrive."
Claire Johnson, RCDP and CDI, NICEC and ICCI Fellow
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Trotman Indigo Publishing Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911724-75-9 (9781911724759)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Carolyn Parry BA (Hons), FRSA, FHEA, FIEEP, FCDI, RCDP is a multi-award-winning career and life coach, TEDx speaker, non-exec director, podcaster, author and the immediate past President, Chair of the Board, and Fellow of the Career Development Institute (CDI). Her background as a professional of over forty years' standing includes a pivotal mid-life shift from a successful 17-year management career across property, international software, and defence and tech publishing into career development work. She founded Career Alchemy, her career and life coaching practice, in 2015.
Content
PART ONE: The Achiever Context
i Introduction and how to use this book
ii Why do achievers matter anyway?
PART TWO: The Seven Career Thieves Model and Toolkit
Chapter 1: The Thief of Perfectionism - the pursuit of impossible standards
Chapter 2: The Thief of Comparison - the trap of measuring self-worth against others
Chapter 3: The Thief of Approval-seeking - acting to please others
Chapter 4: The Thief of Overwhelm - where demand consistently exceeds capacity
Chapter 5: The Thief of Disconnection - when connection and purpose are lost
Chapter 6: The Thief of Depletion - when the energy tanks are empty
Chapter 7: The Thief of Self-Neglect & Burnout - prioritizing work over well-being cumulatively
PART THREE: Interplay and implications
Chapter 8: How to Deal with Colluding Thieves
Chapter 9: Implications for Career Development Work in Education and Industry - a call to action
PART FOUR
Appendices, References, Further reading and Download Links
i Introduction and how to use this book
ii Why do achievers matter anyway?
PART TWO: The Seven Career Thieves Model and Toolkit
Chapter 1: The Thief of Perfectionism - the pursuit of impossible standards
Chapter 2: The Thief of Comparison - the trap of measuring self-worth against others
Chapter 3: The Thief of Approval-seeking - acting to please others
Chapter 4: The Thief of Overwhelm - where demand consistently exceeds capacity
Chapter 5: The Thief of Disconnection - when connection and purpose are lost
Chapter 6: The Thief of Depletion - when the energy tanks are empty
Chapter 7: The Thief of Self-Neglect & Burnout - prioritizing work over well-being cumulatively
PART THREE: Interplay and implications
Chapter 8: How to Deal with Colluding Thieves
Chapter 9: Implications for Career Development Work in Education and Industry - a call to action
PART FOUR
Appendices, References, Further reading and Download Links