Celebrating the Achievements and Struggles of Women of Color in Leadership
Unlock your potential with Front Porch Wisdom, a powerful guide for women of color navigating the complex landscapes of leadership. Authored by Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew, Front Porch Wisdom fills a crucial gap in leadership books by focusing on faith and workplace journeys unique to women of color. Each chapter is an invitation to explore tools and insights tailored for nonprofit management, corporate environments, and beyond. With wisdom accumulated from a lifetime of leadership and community engagement, Dr. Booker-Drew offers a safe and reflective space for thinking, learning, and growing as a leader.
Front Porch Wisdom offers women the opportunity to:
– Emphasize the importance of faith and personal values in leadership roles.
– Learn practical tools and strategies for navigating corporate and nonprofit sectors.
– Read real-life stories and experiences from women of color in leadership.
– Experience reflective exercises designed to encourage personal and professional growth.
– Uncover insights into overcoming unique challenges faced by women of color.While reading Front Porch Wisdom you will discover strategies to tackle workplace challenges, enhance your personal capacity, and build meaningful relationships that will fortify both your professional and spiritual journeys. Whether you are stepping into a leadership role or seeking to refine your existing skills, Front Porch Wisdom is your companion in climbing the leadership ladder with confidence and grace.
Table of Content
Introduction: Sit with Me on the Porch
Part 1:
1. What Does Leadership, Women, and Work Have to Do with It?
2. What Does the Data Say?
3. You Are Not an Imposter
4. Who You Need in Life
5. Rejection and Trauma in the Workplace
6. Intersectionality and Leadership
7. Networking and Social Capital
8. Emotional and Spiritual Intelligence as a Strategy
9. Discrimination in the Workplace
Part 2:
10. The Post Racial Society Is an Ideal
11. Interviewing, Negotiating, and Getting the Role
12. The Impact of White Supremacy in Organizational Culture
13. The Case for Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity
14. Change Management, Coaching Up, and the Role of Power Dynamics
Acknowledgements
About the author
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson (MA, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is a writer, international speaker, leadership consultant, mentoring coach, and the visionary founder of the nonprofit, Leadership LINKS, Inc. She is author of Mentor for Life: Finding Purpose through Intentional Discipleship and the Hope for Us: Knowing God through the Nicene Creed Bible study. A graduate of the US Naval Academy and a former Marine Corps officer, Natasha has nearly twenty years of leadership and mentoring experience in the military, government, church, seminary, and nonprofit sectors. As the chairperson of the board at Leadership LINKS, Inc., Natasha's vision is to holistically develop transformative and redemptive servant leaders who are united in community and committed to invest in long-term generational and cultural change. In addition, she is a columnist at Outreach Magazine, regular contributor at Missio Alliance, and a member of the INK Creative Collective.
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