(The book’s few exercises are perfunctory and often just refer readers to a lesson template on her coaching company’s website.) Many of her managerial and motivational tropes are familiar, but she has original and captivating ones of her own, some suggested by her experiences on safari. Mpofu’s autobiographical narrative, while often engaging, makes for a somewhat disorganized and repetitive framework for her ideas, which are not presented in a systematic way. From these ups and downs, Mpofu distills wisdom on business success, including the importance of setting clear, actionable career goals building networks of female mentors and co-workers who can help one another weather male-dominated workplaces cultivating a humane leadership style avoiding feelings of inadequacy and imposter syndrome and projecting confidence and persevering through setbacks with sheer grit. A leap to a new company brought her a vice presidency, but when that position was made redundant, she had to scramble to reinvent herself. Moving from production to the business-strategy side of the company, the author was passed over for promotion in favor of a male hire. When she got them, they involved trips to mineral-processing facilities in the field, which caused issues for her as a single mom as well as sartorial problems with the coveralls tailored for men’s bodies. As a Black woman in an industry traditionally dominated by White men, Mpofu often found herself “the only one in the room who looks like me.” Initially relegated to routine tasks, she had to lobby her bosses for more challenging assignments. It was a rewarding but difficult road, in her telling. at the University of South Australia and took a job in South Africa at the multinational Anglo American Platinum mining company. She earned a degree in chemistry and then a Ph.D. Born into a middle-class family in Zimbabwe, she was encouraged by her father to pursue a career in a STEM field. Mpofu, an executive leadership coach, derives career and management lessons from her unusual life story. An African woman maneuvers her way to success in a hypermasculine industry in this business self-helper.
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