In The Unique Individual You, women-in-leadership strategist Naomi Harm presents compelling neuroscience research that documents how and why women’s brains are wired for empathy, intuition, and collaboration-the very qualities business managers and educational administrators are looking for in their leaders of today. This inspiring and action-orientated women-in-leadership book focuses on how to build a woman’s leadership confidence and cognitive presence and her sphere of influence. Mentorship stories of hope, optimism, mindfulness, and resilience drive the storyline, and they outline a creative visionary roadmap of effective women in leadership "lean-in" strategies and solutions to define and guide your women in leadership career trajectory.
Naomi Harm has 25 years of established and effective facilitation methods that model outstanding women in leadership strategies, mentoring techniques, and Total Participation Techniques (TPT) methods. These compassion-based conversations and professional development sessions and keynotes have transformed businesses and educational relationships of community practices worldwide. She shares her personal struggles as a woman leader in the IT and STEM industry, and she highlights how she overcame setbacks and recognizes her success by inspiring others with her innovative positive genius through the K12 educational lens, the corporate world of big business, and her own personal and technical lessons learned as CEO of her own EdTech women-in-leadership organization.
Throughout the book, Naomi also introduces women-in-leadership practices of how and why to develop and invest in an organization’s talent: its employees. These strategies provide women leaders tools to reach their professional and personal goals, while making a significant impact in the organizations they work for and represent.
In addition, each chapter includes an action-oriented toolkit that focuses on the following:
● Empathy-based coaching
● Relationship building with gender techniques
● Mentoring and relationship culture building activities
● Reading-the-room methods on when to lean in and when to observe consciously
● Body language and conversational tone techniques to represent your best self and model your sphere of influence
● Tips to be more present in your everyday leadership experiences and conversations
● Strategies for investing in yourselves with thoughtful SEL and self-care habits
● The importance of beginning and finishing each day with a moment of gratitude
● Impactful strategies to leave your legacy of good by mentoring and aspiring our future women leaders
A plethora of snapshot learning scenarios and call-for-action reflection pieces are also presented on how to lead with integrity when inspiring others with your creative and positive genius, so that you, too, can influence and build your leadership learning confidence. Supportive leadership models, tools, resources, and educational protocols are provided to guide you with leadership expertise as you begin developing your leadership visionary roadmap.
Perhaps most profoundly, you will discover your inner calling to honor, invest, and mentor our future generations of young women leaders with engaging and influential learner-centered approaches.
Naomi Harm has more than 25 years of experience as an educator, women-in leadership-strategist and mentor, and EdTech influencer. Her main leadership and speaking engagements focus is on how to create dynamic and inclusive learning experiences to support the diverse needs of today's Generation Z and Gen Alpha students with K-12 educational leaders, university professors and managers, and directors in business leadership roles. She has been involved in leading school district reform initiatives, redesigning classroom spaces and learning experiences with the brain in mind, professional development and curriculum alignment with ISTE standards, administrative leadership symposiums and roundtables, and developing and implementing STEM mentoring and role modeling leadership programs for girls, young women, and aspiring women leaders globally.
