Shanna A. Hocking - One Bold Move a Day

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Names: Hocking, Shanna A., author.

Title: One bold move a day : meaningful actions women can take to fulfill their leadership and career potential / Shanna A. Hocking.

Description: 1 Edition. | New York : McGraw Hill, [2023] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022030511 (print) | LCCN 2022030512 (ebook) | ISBN 9781264278077 (hardback) | ISBN 9781264278084 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Leadership in women. | Career development. | Self-confidence. | Self-actualization (Psychology)

Classification: LCC HD6054.3 .H63 2023 (print) | LCC HD6054.3 (ebook) | DDC 658.4/092dc23/eng/20220908

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For my mom,

Thank you for all the times growing up

when you sat next to me

while I was stuck in my writing.

You always believed in me.

This is for you.

W ho do you want to become?

Thats a pretty big question, but the good news is you dont have to know the answer to that just yet. After all, this question is likely why youre here.

Looking back to where I started, I was desperate for someone to show me how to advance in my career, develop as a leader, and grow as a person, so I listened to anyone willing to share advice and read every business and personal development book I could get my hands on.

I pursued my dream career and life, learned from many mistakes, and celebrated many successes. Along the way, I also ended up with a strong network and large bookshelf. But something was still missing. I kept searching for a roadmap that showed me it was okay to be ambitious, that being grateful and wanting more wasnt a paradox, and that I wasnt alone.

Thats where my idea to start taking one Bold Move a day began. I decided it was time to achieve what I had never thought was pos sible for myselfand did that with a challenge and a reminder that I needed to put myself out there and follow through, though I will admit that this wasnt concrete or conscious at first.

Over time, that changed. I realized that the more intentional I was with this commitment to myself to make one Bold Move a day, even if it was the smallest step in the direction I wanted to go, the stronger, more confident, more compassionate, and more successful I wasand it inspired others. And the easier it became to truly celebrate my progress, too.

Today, as a leadership consultant and philanthropic advisor who spent 20 years raising hundreds of millions of dollars and leading large teams in multibillion-dollar nonprofit organizations, I want to share everything Ive learned up to this point (often the hard way) with you.

One Bold Move a Day is the book I had been looking for all this timeand I hope it can be your missing link to create the success you and I both know is possible for you.

When you think about Bold Moves, you might be thinking BOLD MOVES.

Yes, a Bold Move can be something you do that merits an all-caps text to a friend. But the reality is a Bold Move isnt always going to be something as significant as moving to a new city or taking a new job. Your one Bold Move might be asking for the server to bring the mustard you wanted instead of quietly wishing they had. Or maybe its saying hello to a person you pass on the street. It might be speaking up in a meeting, disagreeing with someone more senior than you, or negotiating your salary to get paid what youre worth.