Careering On - Wallis, Ian
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Ambition. Daring. And blind luck. In this candid, witty, often nail-biting memoir, the author shares the highs, lows, and sleepless nights of climbing the career ladder to become a leader in further education. With equal parts chutzpah, triumph, and near catastrophe, this memoir is a testament to resilience, pushing boundaries, and learning (usually only through hindsight) when to exercise caution. From secretly building an office over a weekend to building a university, these stories capture the thrill of ambition, the weight of responsibility, and the fine line between daring and disaster.…mehr

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Ambition. Daring. And blind luck. In this candid, witty, often nail-biting memoir, the author shares the highs, lows, and sleepless nights of climbing the career ladder to become a leader in further education. With equal parts chutzpah, triumph, and near catastrophe, this memoir is a testament to resilience, pushing boundaries, and learning (usually only through hindsight) when to exercise caution. From secretly building an office over a weekend to building a university, these stories capture the thrill of ambition, the weight of responsibility, and the fine line between daring and disaster. Readers are invited to laugh, cringe, and think how they would handle similar situations.
Autorenporträt
Ian Wallis had wide experience in the further education sector, having worked in seven different colleges in different parts of the United Kingdom, including one college of higher education. He gained fascinating insights into the working of the institutions in which he worked, including, at the start of his career, at WHSmith, where he started his postgraduate career as a management trainee. However, after two and a half years travelling around the country, he became disillusioned with commerce and gained a post as a lecturer in management studies at the tender age of twenty-three. The fact that he felt able and qualified to lecture others on the intricacies of management when he had little to no experience of managing anyone says a lot about this cavalier spirit who survived by his wits, sometimes in difficult situations.