Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths

Everyone feels stuck every now and again, paralyzed by the gnawing feeling that something must change whether in one's work or work environment, or in a life situation or way of living. When people are stuck, they can remain that way for long periods of time, especially without a process for "getting unstuck." And eventually, this failure to get "unstuck" threatens not only one's personal life and career, but even the healthy functioning of the rest of one's team or organization. What are the steps to navigate out of this kind of rut and find a meaningful way forward?In Getting Unstuck, psychotherapist and Harvard Business School professor Timothy Butler shares a proven six-step model for moving from a state of impasse to action. Based on the author's popular career development program at Harvard Business School and informed by his twenty-five years of research and coaching in a variety of industries that range from start-ups to Fortune 500, Getting Unstuck unveils the same practical six-step process used successfully with thousands of executives and students. With engaging and wise counsel, Butler leads the reader through new ways of imagining the work and life structures that will ultimately be most meaningful and shows how to recognize a state of psychological impasse, shift to a deeper understanding, and create a new path that leads out of impasse and into a new future.Supported by a wide range of stories of others who have accomplished similar life transitions, this book is written for anyone is looking for practical and authoritative guidance for moving out of his or her own immediate impasse.