The Successful Career Toolkit

This is a superb book. It is crammed with clear and practical help for every stage of a career. One to own and dip into over and over again. --Marcella Flood, Head of Digital Transformation, Allianz Care This is a really a useful resource, full of bite-sized titbits, and useful to people at every stage of their career or lives. --Todd Dunlap, Managing Director, Booking.com Americas Paddy Barr has put together a comprehensive guide for business success. Whether you are new to the workforce or a seasoned business veteran, this book is a tool that everyone can use to help achieve success. --Kevin Blair, Western Washington Regional President, Washington Trust Bank USA This wonderful book successfully shows us the importance and benefits of strategizing and planning. It is a fantastic tool for career and personal development. Whilst it presents itself as a career toolkit, it offers so much more. It reminds us that personal and professional relationships are paramount to how we drive our success and enjoy our working life. This will become your go-to book, to reference time and time again. --Una Tynan, Founder and Managing Director, Blank Canvas Cosmetics Very concise and to the point, with great reference points throughout the book. It's very much a handbook guide to a successful career path. It contains all the right building blocks from managing yourself to managing others to finally managing your role at hand. --Andre Severi, Managing Director, Curex Group Managing a career in today's environment is always tough. Patrick Barr has a genuinely thoughtful approach which encompasses proven practices that he employed through his own career with fantastic success. The tips and tricks section in each chapter is invaluable as a reference and the reflective exercises included really help ensure the lessons land and are instantly practical. For anyone wanting to take control of their career and understand how to climb the career ladder - this is a must-read. --Dave Warrick, General Manager, Global Supply Chain, Microsoft This is an immensely practical and useful book, full of eminently sensible advice. It is refreshingly jargon-free and clearly benefits from the author's extensive experience as a practicing executive. The structure of the book, which breaks down the topics into bite-sized insights, coupled with practical tips, tricks and takeaways, makes it an ideal playbook that should be in the top drawer of every manager's desk. --Dr Colm Foster, Director of Executive Education, Irish Management Institute The Successful Career Toolkit is very comprehensive and written in a very accessible and clear manner. --Orla O'Connor, Director, National Women's Council of Ireland