
Fire and Silence
A Roadmap for BIPOC Leaders
Annahid Dashtgard(Author)
Dundurn Press
Published on 9. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-4597-5679-3 (ISBN)
Description
Necessary tactics for BIPOC leaders to navigate from survive to thrive.
In these politically fraught times, organizations need strong leadership to help navigate uncertainty and complexity. A crucial yet overlooked group of leaders are also racial minorities, who often move into positions of influence with little support or acknowledgement. If you're one of these leaders (or hope to be), this book is specifically for you. Fire and Silence offers a roadmap to leadership using compassion instead of trauma, authority without victimhood, and strength inclusive of vulnerability, in ways that are fair to all.
From the trenches of social activism to coaching boardroom executives, Annahid Dashtgard offers proven strategies and real-world stories alongside practical tips and tools to support growing numbers of BIPOC leaders in achieving the impact and recognition they so richly deserve -- without having to sacrifice who they are in the process.
In these politically fraught times, organizations need strong leadership to help navigate uncertainty and complexity. A crucial yet overlooked group of leaders are also racial minorities, who often move into positions of influence with little support or acknowledgement. If you're one of these leaders (or hope to be), this book is specifically for you. Fire and Silence offers a roadmap to leadership using compassion instead of trauma, authority without victimhood, and strength inclusive of vulnerability, in ways that are fair to all.
From the trenches of social activism to coaching boardroom executives, Annahid Dashtgard offers proven strategies and real-world stories alongside practical tips and tools to support growing numbers of BIPOC leaders in achieving the impact and recognition they so richly deserve -- without having to sacrifice who they are in the process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Publishing group
The Dundurn Group
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 487 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4597-5679-3 (9781459756793)
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E-Book
02/2026
Dundurn Press
€12.49
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Person
Annahid Dashtgard is the CEO of Anima Leadership, an award winning company revolutionizing how equity and racial justice work is advanced in organizations in a compassion-driven way that avoids the traps of shame and blame. She is the author of Breaking the Ocean and Bones of Belonging. She lives in Toronto.