Leadership lessons do not just come from the rich, famous, or seasoned corporate veterans, and similarly knowledge and acumen are not acquired exclusively in the classroom or boardroom. Majed Yaghi, a retired corporate executive, shares inspiring lessons from his mother, Nazira, who never attended school yet still built a thriving enterprise grounded in her relentless passion for winning and will to overcome all odds. Until her passing in 2012, she demonstrated leadership qualities typical of Ivy League graduates and corporate executives, except she was neither. Instead, she was the head of a household of eight children whose passion was to encourage them to be high achievers and the best in their respective fields. In a guide inspired by his mother’s influence, Yaghi shares four vital leadership competencies that focus on instilling passion, planning, persistence, and perpetual optimism into the journey to become a better leader. Included are other lessons that focus on learning and leading by axioms. Leadership Lessons from an Illiterate Mom is a guide that shares lessons inspired by a Jordanian mother who led all eight of her children to achieve greatness through her mentoring and servant leadership.

Leadership lessons do not just come from the rich, famous, or seasoned corporate veterans, and similarly knowledge and acumen are not acquired exclusively in the classroom or boardroom. Majed Yaghi, a retired corporate executive, shares inspiring lessons from his mother, Nazira, who never attended school yet still built a thriving enterprise grounded in her relentless passion for winning and will to overcome all odds. Until her passing in 2012, she demonstrated leadership qualities typical of Ivy League graduates and corporate executives, except she was neither. Instead, she was the head of a household of eight children whose passion was to encourage them to be high achievers and the best in their respective fields. In a guide inspired by his mother's influence, Yaghi shares four vital leadership competencies that focus on instilling passion, planning, persistence, and perpetual optimism into the journey to become a better leader. Included are other lessons that focus on learning and leading by axioms. Leadership Lessons from an Illiterate Mom is a guide that shares lessons inspired by a Jordanian mother who led all eight of her children to achieve greatness through her mentoring and servant leadership.

This book shows why mindful leadership is the key element for supportive management and leadership in the 21st century. It highlights the fundamentals of mindful leadership in philosophy and history in different cultural traditions and shows latest research on mindfulness and digitalization, technology, social networking, and leading-self concepts. The book bridges the past and the future. By combining a range of research perspectives, it connects mindfulness to serving leadership concepts and describes resilience for both individuals and organizations. In addition, it presents theoretical aspects and practical recommendations on how to implement mindful leadership and supportive environments in organizational cultures. The book encompasses history, present leadership challenges and future management perspectives and enables the implementation of models of good practice into daily working life. It includes contributions from researchers of different continents, and offers an international overview of state-of-the art leadership research. This book is of interest to professionals and researchers working on leadership, from the perspective of positive psychology, organizational studies, and wellbeing studies.

'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history ... Eye-opening, engrossing' Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible, moving story of three women who raised three world-changing men.

"American Daughter–in the tradition of classics like The Glass Castle, LA Diaries and White Oleander–explores in unsparing details the complex interplay between intimate family ties, generational abuse and cataclysmic losses." – Gina Frangello, Author of ‘Every Kind of Wanting’ and ‘A Life in Men’ Editor of The Coachella Review For 50 years, Stephanie Thornton Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immediate family would ever have guessed that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: a mentally ill mother who was in and out of jails and psych wards throughout Stephanie's formative years, neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical care, and ongoing sexual abuse. Stephanie, in turn, knew very little about the past of her mother, from whom she remained estranged during most of her adult life. All this changed with a phone call that set a journey of discovery in motion, leading to a series of shocking revelations that forced Stephanie to revise the meaning of almost every aspect of her very compromised childhood. ​American Daughter is at once the deeply moving memoir of a troubled mother-daughter relationship and a meditation on trauma, resilience, transcendence, and redemption. Stephanie's story is unique but its messages are universal, offering insight into what it means to survive, to rise above, to heal, and to forgive.

I'm Telling My Dad By: Bob Nasino Bobby knows his life in the Highland Gardens section of Chester, Pennsylvania is no made-for-TV experience. He and his three siblings are dominated by an emotionally abusive father who rules the family with bullying intimidation and a withdrawn mother who finds silence therapeutic. In I'm Telling My Dad, readers follow Bobby as he battles anxiety, fear, and failure in hopes of claiming a little bit of life for himself. With dark humor and self-deprecating wit, Bobby recognizes his faults and launches a brave attempt to become a better person against all odds. They say, "Nobody will ever be anything in The Gardens." What if they're wrong?

This book offers provocations for what’s now and what’s next in educational leadership, simultaneously bringing the field both back to its basics—of equity, democracy, humanity, and education for all—and forward to productive, innovative, and necessary possibilities. Written during the pandemic reality of 2020, this collection shares the global voices and expertise of prominent and emerging leaders, scholars, and practitioners in education from the UK, the United States, South America, Canada, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. The authors engage with the complexities and uncertainties of leading in education. They examine research, reflections, and real stories from which school leaders, education system leaders, policymakers, and researchers in the field of educational leadership, can learn, and in which they will find honesty, authority, and inspiration to guide the future of the field. The new perspectives and hopeful alternatives presented in this outstanding book are essential to researchers, school leaders, and policymakers, and are key to advancing education into positive and democratic futures.