Although much has been written about leaders and leadership, we unfortunately know little about women, particularly minority women, who fill this particular role. This book presents the stories, and the reflections on their paths to leadership in higher education, of seven African American women. Each has been the first woman, first African American, or first African American woman in one or more of the positions of authority that she has held. Each has overcome the double bind of sexism a...

Inside this book you'll uncover :• The 8-second breathing pattern that stops your voice from shaking before approaching someone• Why waiting more than 3 seconds to speak makes your mind go blank (and the countdown that forces you to act first)• The conversation cheat code therapists use when they don't know what to say next• The exact phrase that gets you back into group conversations after 10+ minutes of silence• How to join conversation circles...

Although much has been written about leaders and leadership, we unfortunately know little about the women who fill this particular role. This book—the first in a series that explores women leaders in different contexts—remedies this gap by presenting the reflections of nine women community college, college, and university presidents on what they see as key tenets of leadership, illuminated by pivotal events in their careers.These presidents know the power of words, and in telling their sto...