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Get ready to walk into a new way of thinking about leadership and life. In Her Shoes is more than a book, it’s a journey into leadership and self-reflection. Part memoir, part leadership guide, this book blends authentic stories with timeless lessons that invite readers to reflect, laugh, and take bold next steps into your future. Explore how to ensure the footprints you leave are the steps others will want to follow.
Through the powerful metaphor of shoes, how they fit, when they don’t, and when we finally find the pair that lets us move forward with purpose, you will find your path. Karen reminds us that leadership, like shoes, requires attention, maintenance, and courage.
Praised as 'brilliant,' 'approachably written,' and 'a handbook for every woman ready to lead with purpose,' In Her Shoes offers inspiration for anyone striving to lead with authenticity, resilience, and a great pair of shoes.
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This book is so full of wisdom. I dropped it in amazement of “ah haw” moments as I read it
I have been reading your Leadership book. This is a great book. You did a really good job. Even though it is about references to ladies shoes, this book resonates with all those in leadership roles.
Please trust me when I tell you this is the most well thought out, deep in meaning and context, and approachably written leadership book I’ve read (and I have read a lot).
The metaphor of shoes is simply so brilliant, and it brings in a celebration of womanhood in a delightful way.
If I had any critique, and it’s minor, is that you should expand this out into more books. It’s almost so dense with advice and approachability that a reader needs to pick it up, and put it down, and then pick it back up again.
That’s not a bad thing, instead it’s a testament to how much farther you can go with this. This book needs to be in the hands of young women everywhere.
I’ve never been prouder than today to be named Karen.
Sincerely, this is phenomenal.
I wanted to share that today I finished your book . Loved the sections at the end of the chapters titled assess, act and next steps. The readable bit size chunks and part memoir part story collections. You don't sugar coat the necessary gratifying hard work. It is a girl's handbook!
About the Author Karen Hanks released book In Her Shoes….Walking the Leadership Walk, a heartfelt, humorous, and deeply insightful look at leadership, life transitions, and the shoes we wear along the way. But long before becoming an author, Karen was and is a respected corporate executive, strategist, and servant leader and a current member of the Warm Hearth Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. Karen has mentored teams, led strategic initiatives, and guided organizations through seasons of challenge and change all while keeping her sense of humor, and maybe a red high heel, close by.
She was noted in the industry for developing a deep bench of leaders and mentoring people with unconventional career paths. She was lauded for her leadership in driving change and transformation of large corporations. She is a progressive thinker who aims for breakthrough achievements. She adopted a holistic approach that motivates teams to achieve the greater good with assigned goals. Karen has extensive experience with talent acquisition and development, people and team growth, retention, employment engagement, and manager development.
