Take Charge: The Skills That Drive Professional Success

Written by Norman Bacal

Narrated by Norman Bacal

Do you want to become a successful lawyer, business manager or accountant?

What you're learning in professional school isn't enough. It's just the basics.

If you want to move ahead, there are all kinds of skills you need to learn that no one is teaching in an organized way.

How to interview so you'll get hired, choosing the workplace most suited to you, how to be effective in communicating with clients and superiors, the secrets of service you need to master, how to set up a career plan and so much more.

I've taken the secrets of my own success as a prominent entertainment attorney and law firm leader, and I've interviewed countless other professionals who've succeeded against all odds, to boil it down for you into an easy-to-read instructional book.

This isn't another "how to" book written by a consultant who's never done it. This is practical advice from someone who has sat on both sides of the interview table, hired thousands of professionals, just like you, and helped them flourish. 

“Whether you are in college or just starting your career, this book is a roadmap to turbo charge your career." 

 ­— Bill Carmody, TEDx Storyteller, Executive Coach and Bestselling Author of The Three Rules of Marriage

“A thought-provoking, practical and insightful book loaded with ‘nuggets of gold’ to power your career forward.”

 —Barry Beloff, President, Inspiratum Executive Coaching

“Advice and insights on the dynamics of practice that should be part and parcel of a professional education.”

 —Justice Lorne Sossin, former Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School

• Language: English
• Publisher: Norman Bacal Professional Corporation
• Release date: Feb 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664951662

Norman Bacal

Norman Bacal is the Globe and Mail bestselling author of Breakdown, his memoir published in 2017 to great acclaim in Canada. He was one of the world's leading entertainment lawyers, having financed billions of dollars of television and film production, and working with studios such as MGM, Sony and Warner Bros. He sat on the board of directors of Lionsgate for almost ten years before retiring to begin his second career as an author.He writes both non-fiction for young professionals (including Take Charge published in 2021) and psychological thrillers, set as modernizations of William Shakespeare classics. His mysteries encompass world locations he has worked in as well as an intimate knowledge of boardroom drama.Bacal lives in Toronto, Canada