Get Career Fit, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgements

The idea for this book had a long gestation period, with many people I’ve met throughout my career influencing it. It is by seeing what others have done, and through my own experiences, that the ideas in this book have come to life.

A book is never written alone, and this one wouldn’t have been possible without the many generous people who helped along the way.

To Ann Crabb, thank you for listening to my early ideas and helping to constructively challenge them.

Thank you to Alicia Beachley, Andrew Wiseman, Christine Bartlett, Christie Kerr, Glenn Brennan, Julian Fenwick, Peter Griffin, Robyn Weatherley and Russell Yardley, who all, without hesitation, reached out to people in their networks to help me secure interviews for this book.

A massive thank you to all the people who so readily shared their thoughts, ideas and experiences about their career and career leaps, including Andrew O’Keefe, Aneka Manners, Anna Jenkins, Dr Bronwyn King AO, Christine Bartlett, Clare Payne, Gorgi Coghlan, Helen Silver AO, Janine Garner, Jessica Watson OAM, John Bertrand AO, Layne Beachley AO, Dr Lisa O’Brien, Marc Alexander, Nigel Matthews, Rodney George, Sandy Hutchison, Simon Madden and Steve Bracks AC.

Your generosity in sharing your ups and downs, and your wisdom, have made this book rich with real, tangible and practical insights.

While it was an idea for a long period, the manuscript itself was written in super-fast time. Thanks to Kelly Irving for her amazing work in ...