- Global | Good | Grit
By James Reed and Dr Paul G. Stoltz
In this unstable and highly competitive jobs market, everyone wants the best advice on how to stand out from the crowd and secure a richly rewarding, well paid position with long-term potential. But what does it actually take to get and keep the job you want? 97 percent of employers argue that it goes beyond having the right skills—it’s all about the right mindset.
As two leading experts on the subject, James Reed and Paul G. Stoltz know what employers really want from the people they hire, keep, and promote. According to their extensive and globally acclaimed research, there is a specific set of mental traits that will make you exponentially more desirable to potential employers, and more likely to succeed and enjoy your job once you’re hired. In this book, Reed and Stoltz explain the 3G Mindset—the ideal method for gauging, developing and strengthening the essential traits that will set you apart from the herd. Their powerful diagnostic tools will help you assess your own mindset and use it to win the job so you can effectively show employers your true value.
Joshua Margolis, Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
John Ainley, Chief HR Officer for Aviva plc, worldwide.
Gordon Roddick, Co-Founder of the Body Shop
James Reed is the Chairman of REED, the recruitment specialists. Every year, REED places hundreds of thousands of people into temporary and permanent work across a number of disciplines around the world. James first joined the company in 1991 after graduating from Harvard Business School. In the twenty years since then REED has more than quadrupled in size. The company's first website, reed.co.uk, has grown to become the #1 job site in the UK and the biggest job site in Europe. It now receives over 20 million job applications a year. REED also delivers welfare to work programmes that have helped more than 100,000 people who had been long-term unemployed back into work.
James Reed is the co-creator, along with Paul G. Stoltz, PhD of the world's leading theory and model for gauging and strengthening a winning mindset, the subject of this book, Put Your Mindset to Work. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). James is based in Baker Street, London in a corner building that was once owned by the Beatles and is now marked with a blue plaque commemorating the life and work of John Lennon. He lives with his wife and family nearby.
Paul G. Stoltz, PhD, is the world’s leading expert on measuring and strengthening human resilience. He is the author of three international bestselling books on the subject, printed in 15 languages. In 1987, Dr. Stoltz founded PEAK Learning, Inc., a global research and consulting firm, through which he coaches, consults, teaches, and collaborates with top leaders, thinkers, and influencers within an extensive range of organizations. As one of the world’s most highly sought-after thought leaders, presenters, and advisors, he combines inspiration with application, delivering a compelling and practical message to audiences of 10 to 10,000 people in a broad range of indoor and outdoor settings, including some of the largest venues in the world.
He has been honored with such accolades as “Top 10 Influential International Thinkers,” (HR Magazine) "Thought Leader of the Year," (Hong Kong) and “One of the 100 Most Influential Thinkers of Our Time” (Executive Excellence). PEAK Learning’s international headquarters is perched on a working cattle ranch in the rugged foothills of the central coast of California, where Dr. Stoltz resides with his family, who were honored by USA Today as “America’s Most Creative Family.”
