WHAT I'M READING WEDNESDAY: The Memo by Minda Harts

When I look at my bookshelves, I am saddened to see how many leadership and business books line my shelves that are written by mostly white men.

These are books that I have encountered over the years on someone's "must read" lists for leadership.

When I was leading a book circle this Spring with a group of 20 women, using the book Playing Big by Tara Mohr, I realized just how much I was missing out on, and how much my readers were missing out on, due to the prevalence of the white perspective in so many leadership books, and thus my book circles.

Minda Harts doesn't mince words when she calls out this phenomenon at the beginning of the book - women of color don't need more books written by white men and white women.

And it's not just women of color who need these books, either.

It's all of us.

As a white woman, who supports women of all shades, it's imperative for me to be able to see my privilege, and see the privilege of the authors who act as the foundation of my book circles.

With this broader perspective, I can offer more to the audiences and can honestly say, "I see you, and I honor that this book might not speak to you, so here are others that can."

Thank you, Nicole Thomas, MS, CPC, ACC for suggesting the book. I am learning a lot and look forward to passing on the learning to my next Women in Leadership book circle.

Linkedin friends, if you have other book suggestions for me, I would love to hear about them.

Originally posted on LinkedIn with comments.

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