Collaborative Confidence: How women leaders can activate self-awareness, amplify their authentic talents, and accelerate workplace change

by Heather Backstrom

Overview

"An impassioned guide challenging women leaders to build confidence and unite." -Booklife, Editor's Pick

"This book is a must-read for women who have found themselves struggling with confidence at any time in their lives. Brilliantly written with stories about some of the most amazing women leaders around the world, Collaborative Confidence is the next step in creating more inclusive workspaces." -Seattle Book Review

"Heather's Activate-Amplify-Accelerate framework takes readers on an engaging and actionable journey from self-discovery to large scale transformation." -Tina Robinson, former Global Head of Leadership Development, Fabletics

Dr. Heather Backstrom brings 25 years of corporate human resources and executive coaching experience to Collaborative Confidence, an inclusive, open, and fulfilling new method for women to grow, share, and lead at work. By using her three pillars-Activate, Amplify and Accelerate-Dr. Backstrom demonstrates how women leaders can:

Work in alignment with their values and embrace the best opportunities

Effectively showcase their unique skills and talents

Foster executive presence

Demonstrate their impact and enhance their influence

Encourage and advocate for other women

Bring about meaningful and substantive change for women in the workplace

When women engage in Collaborative Confidence, they are naturally truer to themselves, and help other women feel the same. Combining stories, research, and Dr. Backstrom's many years of experience with actionable takeaways, Collaborative Confidence is written to help you weave together a happy and fulfilling life and career. Activate your self-awareness, inner champion, core values, and strengths; Amplify your visibility and accomplishments, as well as other women leaders; and Accelerate human-centric organizational cultures to discover a career that truly reflects your passions, values, and goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647046514
Publisher:	Bublish, Inc.
Publication date:	03/10/2023
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	341,514
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.54(d)

About the Author

Dr. Heather Backstrom is an accomplished executive coach, facilitator, and speaker. As an expert on women's leadership, she is passionate about empowering women's voices, presence, and impact. She created Collaborative Confidence to be an enduring bond between women that propels them forward together. She has a MS in human resources from Chapman University and a doctorate in organizational leadership from Pepperdine University.

Editorial Reviews

05/01/2023

Arguing that “women are relational creatures who need confidence to succeed and crave connection and collaboration,” Backstrom debuts with a corporate leadership guide that encourages women leaders and entrepreneurs to build confidence, increase self-awareness, and amplify their voices by uniting with other talented women to effect positive systemic changes in corporate leadership and to smash glass ceilings. Drawing upon experience as a corporate leadership coach, Backstrom introduces the concept of Collaborative Confidence, its three main pillars, and practical strategies that work in conjunction to showcase the extraordinary power and necessity of women leaders.

The bulk of the guide walks readers through Collaborative Confidence and its main foundational pillars—Activate, Amplify, and Accelerate, which correspond to the guide’s three main sections. The “Activate” pages provide strategies and exercises for women leaders to increase self-awareness, uncover and leverage strengths, establish core values, and awaken their inner champions. Using lessons from the Obama administration and the concept of Shine Theory, the second section presents the strategy of amplification and encourages readers to build strong connections with other professional women, while developing an “abundance mindset.” The “Accelerate” section, meanwhile, addresses how women leaders can speed up the pace of change within the workplace through sponsorship, inclusivity, and creating more flexible work environments.

Backstrom’s purpose is clear: to inspire women to “weave together a happy and fulfilling life and career.” Backstrom writes with persuasive power, an inviting tone, and clear depth of experience, so that declarations like this ring out: “When women discover and tap into their own unique talents and powers as well as those of other women, it awakens an unstoppable transformational force,” Sharing compelling examples and inspirational stories from Malala Yousafzai, Girl Scouts of America, and the Obama administration, Backstrom showcases the importance of women’s leadership and how it works to drive significant change in both the workplace and society as a whole.

Takeaway: An impassioned guide challenging women leaders to build confidence and unite.

Comparable Titles: Katty Kay and Claire Shipman’s The Confidence Code, Grace Bonney’s In the Company of Women.

Production grades Cover: A- Design and typography: A Illustrations: N/A Editing: A Marketing copy: A-

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