I’ll be interviewing Marci Alboher, New York Times career columnist and author of One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success, at a public event in Denver on June 13.  Click here for online registration, which will close on June 12. Walk-in registration is available at the door.

I was initially attracted to the book by the link between Alboher’s "slashes" and the concept of Boundary Crossers, a phrase coined by Dan Pink in A WHOLE NEW MIND. Yes, Boundary Crossers, people who operate in multiple worlds but fit in no one world, sound alot like "slashes", individuals who define themselves with more than one thing in their work life, as in "lawyer/theatre director" or "musician/real estate agent" or "neurosurgeon/news correspondent."

And as I was re-reading the book to prepare for the interview, it hit me what this book is really about. To quote from the book: "[Slashes] …seem to have found the answers to some of the most vexing issues in working life today, from job insecurity to career burnout to work/life balance." 

As a coach, I’m often uncovering new options with my clients. And that’s what this book does for the reader. Uncovering new options for balance, control, and security in careers. It’s about hedging your bets by having not just a balanced financial portfolio but also a balanced career portfolio. It’s about nurturing parts of you that lead to wholeness–whole brain thinking, mind-body-spirit being, and full out living. And it’s about taking control of your career by customizing it to fit you perfectly.  A unique you, doing all the things you do best, rolled into one package, can’t be outsourced and is consistently engaging.

If you are in the Denver area, please join me for this special event on June 13, at 7pm. Online registration closes tomorrow, June 12. Walk-in registration is available at the door. Click here for more details.