COMING SOON: Career Coaching through Changing Conditions
COMING SOON: Career Coaching through Changing Conditions
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In Career Coaching through Changing Conditions, a fresh and compelling framework - the Weather as a Career Metaphor (WCM) - helps career development practitioners and those they support make sense of uncertainty, disruption and change. Grounded in sustainable career ecosystem and career shock theory, this innovative approach translates complex ideas into an intuitive, flexible language that resonates across career stages, sectors and contexts.
This invaluable essential resource will help you:
- Make sense of complexity with a clear, intuitive framework that reflects the realities of today’s labour market.
- Apply theory in practice using adaptable tools grounded in contemporary career development thinking.
- Support clients holistically across transitions, disruptions and long-term career sustainability.
Empower your clients to navigate changing conditions, build resilience and create sustainable careers, whatever the forecast.
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Published: 07 December 2026
Edition: 1st
Length: 240 pages
Dimensions: 24 x 17 cm
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. Careers, Change and Conditions
Part II. Growth, Clarity and Meaning
Chapter 2. Rain: Growing Capability
Chapter 3. Sun: Career Clarity
Chapter 4. Rainbows: Meaning and Significance
Part III. Uncertainty, Redirection and Setback
Chapter 5. Fog: Navigating Uncertainty
Chapter 6. Wind: Changing Direction
Chapter 7. Thunderstorms: Temporary Setbacks
Part IV. Shock, Overwhelm and Depletion
Chapter 8. Tornadoes: Career Shocks
Chapter 9. Snow Blizzard: Overwhelm and Reorientation
Chapter 10. Drought: Career Depletion and Renewal
Part V. Integrative Cases Across Life and Career Contexts
Chapter 11. Integrative Cases: Educational and Life Transitions
Chapter 12. Integrative Cases: Work and Career Stages
Part VI. Embracing Career and Life Transitions
Chapter 13. Seasonal Change
Chapter 14. Climate and the Career Ecosystem
Chapter 15. Weathering Changing Conditions: Sustaining Careers across Time
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Meet the author: Dr William E. Donald
William E. Donald is an Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Careers & Inclusive Practice at Liverpool John Moores University (UK) and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Southampton (UK). He is also the Founder and Director of Donald Research & Consulting (Est. 2022).