I interrupt our expected knitting content to announce the publication of my book! I am beyond thrilled to be a published author!

The book was co-written with my fabulous colleague, Tatiana S. Rowson, and published by DeGruyter. It is available in paperback or ebook. You can find it on Amazon, or ask for it from your local library or bookstore! ISBN: 9783111314440.

The book is grounded in the demographic reality that populations are ageing, and that we are not only living longer, but often healthier lives. As a result, our attitudes towards work and retirement are changing. We believe that we can all prepare ourselves for this new reality by making smart personal leadership decisions. We can develop the mindset, self-awareness, and adaptability to navigate change with resilience and confidence. The book is intended to be personable, informative, and also actionable, giving you the tools to have agency over your own story.

To write this book we drew on academic research as well as on our combined decades of experience in teaching personal leadership development to executive MBA students around the globe, and in coaching and facilitating workshops. Both Tatiana and myself have lived and worked in multiple countries, in different language and cultural contexts, and we have each undergone non-standard career paths; this has also contributed to our interest in this topic.

To quote the praise on the back of the book from executive coach and writer, Jonathan Passmore: “Sometimes you come across a book that speaks directly to you, and to the age. This is such a book. With an ageing global population and an ageing workforce, individuals and organisations need to press the reset button on what life and work look like past 65. Rowson and Sloan have produced a superb contribution to the field, which asks the right questions and offers answers: Important, intelligent and insightful, an essential read.”

Writing a book was a crazy adventure. Who knew that after writing and submitting the manuscript, it takes another 10 months to see it in print? Who could have guessed that my first published book would only mention the word ‘knitting’ once?

Stay tuned for my next post, when we shall return to our regularly scheduled knitting content.