15 Books About Leadership, Purpose, and Being Your Authentic Self by Black Authors

 

We understand every single client and community member brings a unique and diverse perspective and life experience to the table. At Curate Well Co., one of our core values is belonging. Which means that no matter your gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age or disability—you belong here. Everyone has a dream and a purpose and we are here to nurture each and every one of you. In order to promote that sense of belonging, today we are featuring 15 books about leadership, purpose, and being your authentic self that are written by phenomenal Black authors.

Not only is it important to hear voices like your own that you can relate to, but, on the flip side, it’s also (arguably more) important to hear experiences from people that are vastly different from your own as a way to gain understanding and sympathy.

These books are a great inspiration to fuel your drive for leadership and your purpose while being true to who you are:

1. The Wealth Choice: Success Secrets of Black Millionaires by Dennis Kimbro

2. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey

3. The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women by Elaine Meryl Brown Marsha Haygood, and Rhonda Joy McLean.

4. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

5. Successful Women Think Differently: 9 Habits to Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient by Valorie Burton

6. Playing the Game Without a Coach: How Courage, Resilience and Forgiveness Helped One Man Seize the American Dream by Benjamin Raymond

7. Strategize to Win: the New Way to Start Out, Step Up or Start Over in Your Career by Carla A. Harris

8. Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork and Outhustle You Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life by Daymond John

9. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

10. Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

11. More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth

12. Becoming by Michelle Obama

13. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

14. Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené

15. Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership by Ed Gordon