New leadership book author honors female mentors during Women’s History Month
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New leadership book author honors female mentors during Women’s History Month
Some think leaders are born; others believe they are made. But whether born or made each group could benefit from Leadership Building Blocks: An Insider’s Guide to Success, a systematic leadership development book by seasoned leader Dawn McCoy.
McCoy, founder of Flourish Leadership Group, is a former Sacramento School Board member, nonprofit executive and political adviser. She devised Leadership Building Blocks from her elected, hired, appointed and volunteer positions that gave her a framework for leadership success. This book tells you “how to get in, survive, and manage leadership experiences,” said McCoy. “These are real life lessons I learned.” Many of these lessons McCoy learned from her female mentors and will honor them on her “Celebrating Women in Leadership” blog tour in March.
From knowing when to speak up, who to talk to and how to navigate conflict, Leadership Building Blocks takes the reader from the board room to the streets with leadership insights no matter what the position. With more than 20 years of experience, McCoy crafted seven strategies, or building blocks, to guide veteran and aspiring leaders, including commitment to legacy—cultivating skills within the coming generations. As a school board member, McCoy was able to excel because of commitment to legacy.
“Without a perspective about turning a corner and leaving behind a road map, we are doomed to perpetuate mistakes,” McCoy said. “Every leader has an obligation to help those behind them to reach back and lend a hand. This should be done in our schools, communities, faith-based organizations, and government agencies.”
Instead of just theory, Leadership Building Blocks gives real-life examples; provides self assessment surveys and fill-in the blank worksheets; and includes pictorial images throughout the pages that prompt readers to pay attention to key concepts. This hands-on guide is practical.
This book “addresses often overlooked leadership attributes, including the practice of personal and professional etiquette, polishing public speaking and communication skills, and giving back through commitment to mentoring,” said Martha Farmer, founding director of Leadership America and Leadership Texas. ”These simple, yet so very important characteristics of quality leaders receive little or not mention among the vast body of leadership literature.”
For more information or to interview McCoy or have her write an article celebrating her leadership mentors, contact Tyora Moody at blogtours [at] tywebbin.com.
Visit the blog tour schedule at http://bit.ly/LeadershipBuildingBlocks.