Review: Working Identity

Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career by Herminia Ibarra is a study of how people undergo a significant career transition. It isn't your usual "What should I do with my life?" book, because it turns the conventional process on its ear.

At some point in your life, you probably took a test to determine your personality type (e.g. Myers-Briggs) and received a list of suitable careers based on the test results. Ibarra throws this method out the window. She...