Thriving in the Gig Economy

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Thriving in the Gig Economy

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Thriving in the Gig Economy

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“Thriving in the Gig Economy” is now available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well as independent bookstores.

It strives to make sense of how work is done in organizations today and the many ways workers can create a career. It is a subject that is constantly in the news; every week there is a new study that may or may not agree with existing research about this new world of work. That is why this book fills such a need; I try to reconcile the research with what is actually going on in the marketplace to present for my readers a guidebook for this new world.

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Daniel H. Pink, Author @ DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND

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Tony Earley Jr., Chairman @ PG&E

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Jeff Hayes, President and CEO @ CPP, Inc.

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Wayne F. Cascio, PhD, Distinguished Professor @ University of Colorado

Robert H. Reynolds, Chair in Global Leadership, Editor, Journal of International Business Studies, The Business School, University of Colorado Denver

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Interviews and Other Publicity

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Laurie Kelly-Pye
Director of Sales and Publicity
Career Press

[email protected]

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Write To Me

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Marion McGovern
McGovern Investments LLC
2443 Fillmore St. #113
San Francisco, Ca. 94115

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