Define your own version of success and get there faster. Whether you're starting out, stuck in the middle, or ready for a career change: this is your smart, hands-on guide to steady progression and a healthy work-life balance. Drawing on 25 years of experience at Boston Consulting Group, eBay, Eurostar and Trainline, and hundreds of coaching conversations, it offers straightforward advice with clear takeaways using fun, relatable stories.

From building your personal brand to managing your boss, overcoming setbacks to getting promoted, each standalone chapter has an action to try out straight away, so you can build momentum with confidence. Written with warmth, wit and zero corporate jargon, this is the career development book for anyone who wants to level up without burning out.

The perfect book for your first 10 years after graduation!

About the author:

Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, I moved to the UK for undergrad in 1994 and graduated from Robinson College in 1997 with a degree in Management Studies, having first read two years of Land Economy. Since then, I've lived in Paris, Boston and London. I also have an MBA from Harvard Business School and spent 6 years in strategy consulting before moving into senior commercial roles. Highlights include starting the new London-Amsterdam service for Eurostar and more recently building Trainline’s non-UK business by shuttling between Paris, Milan and Barcelona. Now based in South-West London, I’m head chef for my wife Abi and my kids Claudia (17) and Tobi (14) while also trying to stay fit through orienteering, running and football refereeing – unless of course I’m off on yet another trip to somewhere new.

I truly hope that my book will help accelerate your career, or at least leave you with some thought-provoking ideas. Oh, and that you have a bit of fun along the way. Otherwise, what’s the point?