The Right (and Wrong) Stuff: How Brilliant Careers are Made - and Unmade
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“Do your career a favor and read Carter Cast’s new book. It’s practical, thought-provoking, and funny – and it might just stop you from derailing when you least expect it.”
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Carter
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- Venture Partner Pritzker Group Venture Capital
- Clinical Professor Kellogg School of Management
Carter Cast is a developer of talent. As a professor of entrepreneurship and leadership at Kellogg and a venture partner at Pritzker Group Venture Capital, he works with talented entrepreneurs, students and business managers to help them realize their potential.
“Talent and drive aren't enough to prevent your career from derailing. After spending years exploring what causes people to stall or fall off the ladder, Carter Cast offers a book that's honest and actionable. Think of it as a mirror to help you see your blind spots.”
“What makes Carter unique is that regardless of the many business roles he has held in his career from Marketing Director to CEO to Venture Operating Partner, he has always been mentor and coach first and foremost. His 30 year career in blue-chip organizations may have given him the context for this work, but it is his innate humanity and genuine care for the individual that allows him to be able to recognize what isn’t serving them well and being able to say it in a way that can be heard and then acted upon.
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“Warning: Your career might be in danger of going off the rails. You probably have blind spots that are leaving you closer to the edge than you realize. Fortunately, Carter Cast has the solution. In this smart, engaging book he shows you how to avoid career derailment by becoming more self-aware, more agile, and more effective. This is the book you wish you had 20 years ago, which is why you should read it now.”
“Carter has a gift - he is a coach and mentor who identifies opportunities for improvement that others don’t see and communicates them in a memorable way. He has had a tremendous impact on my career and personal and professional development.
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“Carter provides valuable insights for both individual career development and organizational effectiveness. His broad range of professional experiences, situational awareness and interest in people and their development, gives him a perceptive and unique perspective.
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“The most neglected fact in business is we're all human. Carter's brilliant, candid exploration of how self-awareness can make you a better leader should be required reading for managers at all levels of any organization. Know your blind spots and you'll have a very bright future.”
“Carter Cast breaks the mold for professor/practitioners with The Right and Wrong Stuff. The book reveals a unique set of 5 career detailed archetypes which ring true, clear tips for accelerating your career, and page-turning stories of career success and failure.”
“Talent and drive aren't enough to prevent your career from derailing. After spending years exploring what causes people to stall or fall off the ladder, Carter Cast offers a book that's honest and actionable. Think of it as a mirror to help you see your blind spots.”
“What makes Carter unique is that regardless of the many business roles he has held in his career from Marketing Director to CEO to Venture Operating Partner, he has always been mentor and coach first and foremost. His 30 year career in blue-chip organizations may have given him the context for this work, but it is his innate humanity and genuine care for the individual that allows him to be able to recognize what isn’t serving them well and being able to say it in a way that can be heard and then acted upon.
”
“Warning: Your career might be in danger of going off the rails. You probably have blind spots that are leaving you closer to the edge than you realize. Fortunately, Carter Cast has the solution. In this smart, engaging book he shows you how to avoid career derailment by becoming more self-aware, more agile, and more effective. This is the book you wish you had 20 years ago, which is why you should read it now.”
“Carter has a gift - he is a coach and mentor who identifies opportunities for improvement that others don’t see and communicates them in a memorable way. He has had a tremendous impact on my career and personal and professional development.
”
“Carter provides valuable insights for both individual career development and organizational effectiveness. His broad range of professional experiences, situational awareness and interest in people and their development, gives him a perceptive and unique perspective.
”
“The most neglected fact in business is we're all human. Carter's brilliant, candid exploration of how self-awareness can make you a better leader should be required reading for managers at all levels of any organization. Know your blind spots and you'll have a very bright future.”
“Carter Cast breaks the mold for professor/practitioners with The Right and Wrong Stuff. The book reveals a unique set of 5 career detailed archetypes which ring true, clear tips for accelerating your career, and page-turning stories of career success and failure.”
