The Myths of Success

<p><strong>Why a book for women of color on leadership?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Because women of color make up about 20 percent of the US population yet only 1 percent of CEOs. Women of color occupied 6 percent of C-Level positions in 2023 far below White men (56 percent) and White women (22 percent).</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Women of color don't face a glass ceiling. They face a concrete ceiling. It's impossible to see how to break through a concrete ceiling.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Here is a book that gets to the heart of what women of color face and how to rise. Whether you are just beginning your career or already in the C-Suite this book exposes the myths that keep us from our seat at the table.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Filled with proven strategies and personal stories from 53 women leaders of color mostly CEOs we look at what helped them achieve extraordinary success.</p><p><br></p><p>This book:</p><ul><li>Builds self-love self-compassion and self-confidence to trust ourselves and our own wisdom</li><li>Cracks the code on self-defeating patterns and myths that hold us back and how to overcome them</li><li>Shares strategies of how to build a community and network and lead authentically</li><li>Teaches how to overcome imposter anxiety and break free from doubts fears and internalized patriarchal programming that plagues many women leaders of color</li><li>Provides proven best practices and a roadmap to advance women of color in the workforce and create the workplaces we want where all of us can belong and thrive</li><li>For allies who are not women of color develops empathy by walking in the shoes of women of color</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Informed by current research and Analiza Quiroz Wolf's own life experiences as an Asian American former non-profit CEO former US Air Force captain and executive coach for women leaders of color this book is a practical manifesto on how to crack the concrete ceiling.</p><p> </p>