Getting to G.R.E.A.T.: A 5-Step Strategy For Work and Life; Based on Science and Stories

“A great life depends on a great fit between who we are and the environments in which we work and live.”

Getting to G.R.E.A.T. is a lively, practical guidebook for living with a proven method that has already changed so many lives. Loaded with science and stories, each information-packed chapter launches with a topic-relevant vignette from the author’s own experience, moves to research and practical recommendations on each chapter topic, and concludes with a chapter-specific case example and exercise for personal use.

Beginning with the pivotal event that shaped the trajectory of her work and life, Madelaine Weiss reveals a powerfully effective five-step strategy for satisfaction and success in your own work and life.

Pages: 188
Pub Date: 03-10-2021
Softcover: 16.95 9781646633272
Hardcover: 24.95 9781646633296

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“Getting to G.R.E.A.T. is a gift to the cluttered mind. Through stories and research, Madelaine takes on the swirl of purpose, ambition, meaning, and fear that fills up our minds—and offers a simple path for sorting it all out.”

—Brett Jenks, President and CEO, Rare, a global conservation organization
“An extraordinary examination of the journey and toolbox needed for Getting to G.R.E.A.T. Madelaine Weiss provides an engaging and a very practical and realistic guidebook combining theory, philosophy, and practice for mapping one’s successes in life! Once I started, I couldn’t put it down.”

—Thomas W. Miller Ph.D. ABPP author of Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan and Professor Emeritus & Senior Research Scientist, University of Connecticut

Madelaine Claire Weiss, LICSW, MBA, BCC, is a licensed psychotherapist and board-certified executive, career, and life coach. She is a former group mental health practice administrative director, a corporate chief organizational development officer, and associate director of the Anatomical Gift Program at Harvard Medical School where she spoke before the Joint Committee on the Status of Women. As a corporate trainer, Madelaine designed and delivered programs for such diverse organizations as Harvard Medical School, Legal Services Corporation, and AARP. She has been featured on NBC, Fox TV, Bold TV, on a variety of podcasts as guest expert, including Major, Lindsey, & Africa's Erasing the Stigma; has written for Thrive Global, Authority Magazine's Editors List, UpJourney, My Perfect Financial Advisor; and has conducted webinars for organizations, including the American Bar Association, Harvard Law School Association-MA, and MedSense via GenieCast. Madelaine is a chapter co-author in the Handbook of Stressful Transitions Across the Lifespan.

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