About the Author

BRENDA JAMES is a leadership and career development specialist and the founder of Leadership Reboot. With twenty years' coaching, recruitment and HR experience, and qualifications in career development, energy management and emotional intelligence, it is Brenda's passion and mission to coach leaders to realise their professional purpose and potential.

Reviews

BELIEVE is not a book you read once. It's a life-long friend you return to in moments that matter. A sacred space to find solace, inspiration and a pathway back to your brilliant self.As the world grows more complex and our work demands more of our unique perspective, it's essential we know who we really are and what we're really capable of. This book is the antidote to any unconscious, disempowering thoughts and beliefs we might have that are holding us back from doing our best work and living our best life. Brenda has an astonishing ability to make the esoteric realm of self-enquiry and self-awareness more accessible. She has a gift for illuminating simple, practical pathways that lead us to powerful personal insight. I cannot think of a more important conversation we need to be having right now. If we're to be effective as leaders, we need to know who we are in order to grow who we are. This book will show you how. Hot tip - get extra copies for your friends and colleagues. Mykel Dixon, Award-winning Author and Speaker Creativity, Culture, Leadership
Brenda's reflections and practical tools take you on a wonderful personal journey to first understand, then believe in, and finally embrace your authentic self, unlocking your true potential as a leader.Fiona Kingsford, CEO, Board Director
Brenda captures wonderfully the tension between discovering how you are wired and, at the same time, trying to grow into the person you want to be. The book is full of great stories that demonstrate the challenges that we can all face trying to become leaders, with exercises to get you thinking differently about how to do this successfully. BELIEVE is an engaging road map to becoming the human-centric leader that you have always wanted to be.Rajan Hira, Associate and Registered Architect Chow: Hill Architects
BELIEVE helped me learn so much about myself in areas where a few tweaks can have such a huge impact. I could not see where to make these changes myself as I was so deep in the work, but this book has encouraged me to delve beneath the surface. I am back in control of my time and so much more self-aware, which has done great things for my emotional intelligence. I now trust my own judgement, which has excelled my learning, and most importantly, I can be myself - an honest and authentic leader. Amazing!Darrin Madgwick, General Manager UBP Direct
Aren't we all trying to figure life out, one decision at a time? While the decision to believe in yourself seems like a no-brainer, the stats show we're rubbish at it. This book will get you thinking and reflecting on what version of yourself you're being and how effective that really is. Through a mix of real-life workplace scenarios, practical frameworks, and thought-provoking questions, you'll be guided towards harnessing the power of your potential. Follow the workbook and you'll soon be stepping into the leader you were always meant to be. A book for every leader wanting to be better, and for every leader wanting to foster a legacy of leadership. Rebecca Clarke FRCSA, Manager - New Zealand & Digital Community RCSA
BELIEVE deserves to be fully embraced by every person responsible for performance, in any walk of life. If leaders and team members apply the learnings here with rigour and enthusiasm, most if not all will see an exceptional increase in productivity. Sunil Prasad, Project Director Universal Homes