Chapter 1
"OVERCOMING CULTURAL BARRIERS"
In this Chapter, Patience explains how your upbringing can be reshaped by powerful paradigm shifts as a leader. Patience tells the unique story of how her upbringing in a Lemba (black Jew) tradition shaped her belief system, which led to her embarking on a STEM career.
Chapter 2
"RISING ABOVE LIFE'S CHALLENGES WITH GRIT"
In this Chapter, Patience reveals how you can overcome adversity to achieve success. She shares the obstacles she faced, from losing her father, to becoming a mother at 21, to getting divorced five years later. With grit and determination, she turned her pain into success when she received a scholarship from a global mining company to study for a PhD in Australia.
Chapter 3
"HOW TO OVERCOME IMPOSTER SYNDROME"
In this Chapter, Patience shares how to overcome imposter syndrome, develop resilience, identify your superpowers, and find fulfillment in your career. Patience arrived in a foreign land, struggled with adjusting to the new culture, and almost gave up on her PhD until she had an epiphany that changed her life forever when she heard Oprah Winfrey on TV say, "You are enough."
Chapter 4
"WHO ARE MY MENTOR AND SPONSORS
In this Chapter, Patience shares powerful strategies for identifying and overcoming invisible barriers with the help of mentors and sponsors. Inspirational stories from locations across the globe, will keep you engaged as she shares how she struggled to balance single motherhood and working in remote places.
Chapter 5
"WHY WE NEED MORE FEMALE ROLE MODELS"
In this Chapter, Patience explains how having female role models can help you succeed. She shares her "Aha moment," when the company she worked for appointed its first female CEO, which made her believe in the possibility of being a female leader in a male-dominated workplace.
Chapter 6
"THE GLASS CUSHION"
In this chapter, you'll learn why relationships matter as you rise through the ranks and how to advocate for yourself. Patience turned her pain into growth as she found herself at one of the top business schools in the world, fully funded, with a new promotion and better prospects.
Chapter 7
"BOUNCING BACK FROM ADVERSITY WITH THE HELP OF A COACH"
In this Chapter, you'll learn how to develop a stronger identity and believe in yourself as Patience shares that "it is at your moments of decisions that your destiny is shaped."
Chapter 8
"FROM BOYS CLUB TO MALE CHAMPIONS: THE ROLE OF ESG"
In this chapter, you'll learn why now is the perfect time to "lean in" for opportunities due to ESG requirements. Patience shares how she was promoted to a role that opened many doors, a role she believes was her calling. She hit rock bottom in her career but exactly one month later, she rose again and became one of the 36 women in the world selected for the acclaimed IWF Fellows Program.
Chapter 9
"BECOMING A GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER"
In this Chapter, you'll learn why it's time to use your voice to claim your power and build the career you deserve, based on powerful insights gleaned from interviewing 30 women across the globe who have achieved C-Suite level.
Chapter 10
"UNLEASHING OUR SUPERPOWERS, TOGETHER WE RISE"
In this Chapter, Patience shares the powerful Peak Performance Leadership Model for the 21st century. She summarises what helped her succeed in this tough industry and why she stayed in it and advocated for it for more than 25 years. Through her stories of success and failure, joy and sorrow, and overcoming adversity, she explains how to balance career and life, find meaning in what you do. And finally, how to unleash your superpowers.
