When I left a senior executive position at a F500 company this past summer, I had alot of thinking to do. It was clear that I wasn’t interested in jumping right back into the corporate world, but I wasn’t exactly sure how to nail down a vision of my future.
Good thing I met with Valerie Hausladen, former president of Tocquigny, plus head of Enfatico’s Austin office. She’d recently published her book “Professional Destiny” and was willing to talk about it over lunch with me. And the timing was perfect, because I was headed to New Mexico for backpacking the following week. Sitting in my tent in pouring rain for several days, I literally waded through her book, making notes and doing the exercises she suggested. Shazaam. I had my vision for my professional (and personal) destiny. It put my radar on alert so that when the opportunity to join Chief Outsiders rolled around, I was able to recognize it as a perfect fit with my goals.
So have a look. Read about Valerie here on her BLOG. And here in the Austin American Statesman this week (a great read!). And she’s having a book reading and signing this Thursday, 7pm at Bookwoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd.
Thanks Valerie, on behalf of those like me who’ve been helped by your book and those soon to be!
Looks like a great read. Can’t wait to get a hold of it.