This book argues that finding satisfaction at work entails developing ambition and acceptance. Serving students of career development, leadership or OB classes, the theory is supported throughout by cases, examples, and discussion questions to stimulate further reflection.

1. What Makes Today Different from Yesterday 2. The Pivots of our Times 3. Ambition: The Inevitable Quality in Getting Ahead 4. Where Ambition goes Awry 5. Acceptance: The Beacon of Sanity 6. Where Acceptance can become a Problem 7. Defining Success 8. Acceptance Guiding Ambition 9. Ambition Guiding Acceptance 10. Finding and Maintaining Your Personal Balance

Joan Marques serves as director of the BBA program and is Professor of Management at Woodbury University, USA. She has published in the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Management Development, and Business and Society, and has authored or co-authored nine books on management and leadership topics.