Why Losing Your Job Could be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You: (Five Simple Steps to Thrive after Redundancy)
Eleanor Tweddell
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Being made redundant is one of the hardest challenges you will face. But, with the right support and advice, it could be an opportunity. It can be a moment to stop, think and make positive changes. It might even be the best thing that ever happened to you.
Eleanor Tweddell works with organisations and individuals going through redundancy. In Why Losing Your Job… Eleanor draws on her experience, as well as conversations with her clients, to show how we can learn to adapt and thrive during one of our most difficult and transformative experiences.
Eleanor has developed a five-step plan to support you through the early stages of shock, through to building up the skills, self-confidence and motivation to thrive after redundancy; whether that is in your previous sector or something new. She shows you how to:
-Navigate feelings of anger, guilt and shame
-Search for new beginnings
-Overcome analysis paralysis
-Progress with small steps
Filled with wisdom and kindly support, this essential book will help you to respond to the challenges of redundancy and come out fighting.
Eleanor created the Another Door consultancy after being made redundant and wanting to take it as an opportunity to do something different. She started a blog, that turned into a book, that turned into a business.
Eleanor had a 23 year career in senior management with brands including Costa Coffee, Whitbread, RAC, Virgin Atlantic and Vodafone. She consults and contracts in true multi-hyphen style with clients including Channel 4, Reach plc, Harvey Nichols, Expertis and Bristol Water. She is also the host of the Another Door podcast.
Eleanor has featured in The Financial Times, The Guardian, Huff Post, The Telegraph, Red magazine, she has written for Grazia, Wired magazine, We are the City and Thrive Global.
Penguin Business (Publishes November 2020)
“I believe everyone has several versions of themselves. We can reinvent ourselves, we can re-imagine who we are, who we want to be. It’s possible to start something new at any point in your life. You just need space to let the ideas grow, and encouragement to step out and try.”
“I’ve worked with Eleanor as both candidate and client, placing her in her current role and then hiring into her team. On both sides of the desk I’ve found her to be authentic, credible and easy to deal with. Eleanor obviously knows her onions, and her passion for what she does is clear for all to see.”