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Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters
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Sales rank 396,957
Customers rating (based on 12 reviews)
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| Publisher | Harvard Business Press | | Release date | 02/2007 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Hardcover |
| | List price | $29.95 | | Our price | $21.86 (you save 27.01%) | | Used price | from $0.03 |
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 Excellent book
A must have for any executive that during these turbulent times has been laid off. Also invaluable reading for head hunters advising displaced executives
 firing story teller
it is a good narration, and make some examples of the top rebound but nothing special. It is a little job market news with a little ovious HR market practices
Excellent insights but a little repetitive
I just finished reading this book, and though it could be improved on, it's unique and helpful. At times the authors try to stress how helpful the experiences of CEOs are to us "little people" and at other times they try to stress how special CEOs are. Although I'm not a CEO, many of the concepts and examples in this book apply to me, even some of the ones that supposedly only apply to CEOs. For example, CEOs operate within a small community and their reputations are very important for future employability. I work in a very tiny subspecialty of my profession and my biggest worry about finding a new job is exactly that: what are people saying about the way I left my job? Is anyone saying destructive things behind my back? I don't think they are, but it's validating to read a whole chapter on how important a professional reputation is for future job searching. They urge people to take control of their story and how to frame it in the least destructive way. The division into external and internal obstacles was useful too. I'm still reeling from the emotional toll my career crisis took on me. I got a pretty good severence package so I have time to take care of myself, and I plan to follow much of the advice in this book. I showed this book to my therapist because many people need therapy to help them overcome career challenges and she found it interesting too.
The best thing about this book is that it uses real-life examples with real names, most of which are household names. These people have been excellent role models for people who have recovered from disasters, but this book gives the insight into how and why they did what they did and why they were effective.
There needs to be a new edition, though, because Carly Fiorino has bounced back! Good for her. I want to know how she did it.
Another great read from Sonnenfeld
I am very pleased to be able to recommend this excellent book. I am an admitted fan of Dr. Sonnenfeld, and both loved and recommended his earlier work on CEO's, "The Hero's Farewell", to collegues, friends, and family. It was with much excitement that I purchased this new work, and my excitement was not misplaced. With his new writing partner Andrew Ward, Dr. Sonnenfeld has managed to take a large number of fairly academic concepts and make them entirely accessable. Much more than some dusty scholarly treatment, the book reads like the best of the popular business best sellers, captivating the reader. It is engaging in both intellectual and emotional planes.
The area of CEO leadership is one in which Dr. Sonnenfeld is unquestionably one of the global experts, and with this book he helps to distill his huge breadth of knowledge into a tonic that we can all absorb. I found this to be an excellent and informative read. Congratulations to both Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward for their first rate and accessable work.
Turn career disaster into triumph
F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "There are no second acts in American lives." Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward disagree. They chronicle the lives of famous CEOs and other leaders who suffered enormous setbacks - disgrace, humiliation, even criminal conviction - and yet bounced back and rebuilt their careers. Despite the sometimes convoluted writing style, getAbstract believes that anyone who reads this book will be inspired by the tales of these tough-minded leaders. Knocked from the ring, counted out by everyone, they refused to quit. Instead, they got back up and won the fight. You may have to read between the lines to see what isn't there: a sense of regret over the misdeeds that, in some cases, led to these firings and downfalls in the first place. Yet the lessons remain worthwhile: Sooner or later, life knocks everyone down. The trick is to not stay sprawled out for the count. This energizing book will teach you how to pull yourself up from the mat.
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