Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color
Ebook
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.
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
- Title: Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color
- Authors: Froswa' Booker-Drew, Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 2025
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781514008898, 9781514008881, 1514008882, 1514008890
- Resource ID: LLS:9781514008898
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-28T03:59:18Z
Froswa' Booker-Drew (PhD, Antioch) is the founder of Soulstice Consultancy providing philanthropic guidance, community engagement strategies, and leadership development for companies and nonprofits. She is the founder of the Reconciliation and Restoration Foundation, a nonprofit designed to amplify, support, and fund the work of Black-led nonprofits. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University and a research affiliate at Antioch University. Froswa' is the author of four books including Empowering Charity: A New Narrative of Philanthropy and is the cofounder of HERitage Giving Circle. She has an adult daughter and a grandcat.