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 'Father factor' may influence careers BOOK REVIEWS By STEVE POWERS For The Chronicle June 18, 2006, 2:21AM IT'S Father Day. When you think of your father's impact on your life, do you consider the impact on your career? What Stephan B. Poulter calls the "father factor" may help explain why you have problems interacting with co-workers or feel that your efforts go unnoticed by higher-ups. What exactly is this father factor, and how does it affect your career? The father factor is the conscious understanding, awareness and appreciation of the critical influence your father had, or still has, on your career development and future potential. Poulter, a psychologist who specializes in family relationships and has written two previous books on this subject, pinpoints the impact dads have on their sons and daughters and how this impact relates negatively, or positively, on your ability to relate to other people. To help readers understand this concept, Poulter discusses five styles of fathering, devoting a chapter each to the Superachiever Father, the Time-Bomb Father, the Passive Father, the Absent Father and the Compassionate/Mentor Father. The author's main focus is on helping readers understand how their fathers related to them. Poulter maintains that your career relationships mirror your degree of comfort with your father's emotional legacy. Although the psychological terms and discussions get a bit thick at times, Poulter has written a comprehensive book that may shed new light on fathers and their sons and daughters SBP Home | About | Books | Speeches And Services | Reading Room | Store | In The News | Get In Touch
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