Climbing to a Career Plateau

Oct 10

Knowledge@Wharton published an article called Plateauing: Redefining Success at Work. It talks about the endless work day, and how employees are making decisions about reaching a career plateau. They’re happy about it. The article’s lede (reg. req’d):

As an executive coach who works with corporations, Monica McGrath has her ear to the ground. And what she is hearing is this: A number of men and women in middle management are increasingly reluctant to take the next step in their careers because the corporate ladder is not as appealing as it used to be, and the price to climb it is too high. “These people are still ambitious, and they are still driving. They just aren’t driving for the same things they were driving for 15 years ago,” she says.

Sometimes climbing to the top of the mountain isn’t the only goal, especially when there’s a mountain of paperwork on desktops and Blackberries to deal with 24/7.

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.