RECONSTRUCT: The Internal Barriers That Keep Your Genius From Leading: 1 (SheLeadership Advantage™) - Softcover

Emeka-Obiajunwa, Princess-Anne; Emeka-Obiajunwa, Princess; Atulaegwu, Anne; Atulaegwu, Princess Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1919445811 ISBN 13: 9781919445816

Publisher: SUTTON & BRIGGS, 2026

Synopsis

Women remain underrepresented in leadership across sectors, despite progress toward gender equity. The data highlights the gap, but not the lived realities that produce it. Many women with the competence and capacity to lead still encounter barriers that influence how they are perceived, supported, and advanced in leadership spaces.

The SheLeadership Advantage™ Series explores three categories of barriers confronting women's participation and progression in leadership:

RECONSTRUCT addresses Internal barriers

DECONSTRUCT addresses Cultural barriers

NAVIGATE addresses Systemic/Institutional barriers

Each book examines one barrier category in depth and offers practical approaches for addressing it.

RECONSTRUCT examines why capable leaders are sometimes underestimated, overlooked, or excluded from advancement despite credible performance, and identifies the internal leadership mechanisms that shape how ability, credibility, and influence are perceived. This book is for leaders who are competent but experience internal barriers, such as self-doubt, insecurity, guilt, the need to please, fear of criticism, or the pressure to appear modest, and provides practical tools for improvement so these barriers do not limit leadership opportunities and advancement.

Edition details

• Publisher: SUTTON & BRIGGS
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1919445811
• ISBN 13: 9781919445816
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198