First published 2019
Leadership demands both convincing others and believing in yourself that you can take charge and accomplish goals. Stacey Abrams wrote this handbook specifically for outsiders who face additional barriers: women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, and millennials seeking to create change. Abrams draws from her extensive experience in politics, business, and nonprofit work to examine how ambition, fear, money, and failure operate in leadership contexts. She argues that differences in race, gender, and class actually provide crucial strengths that can propel outsiders to positions of power where they can generate meaningful and enduring change. The book includes practical exercises designed to help readers identify their own ambitions and develop their leadership capabilities. Abrams speaks directly about the insights she gained throughout her career, offering concrete guidance for navigating the unique challenges that outsiders encounter in leadership roles.
Genres: business, politics, leadership, non-fiction, biography-memoir, activism
Vibes: empowering, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-growth, self-improvement
Period: 21st-Century
226 pages · Paperback · Picador