Recognize mental and emotional health problems.In The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, psychologist and African American mental health expert Rheeda Walker offers important information on the mental health crisis in the Black community, how to combat stigma, spot potential mental illness, how to practice emotional wellness, and how to get the best care possible in system steeped in racial bias. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today’s world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress, find community, and undo years of stigma and marginalization in order to access effective mental health care. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. We can’t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. This book is your indispensable guide for unleashing greatness in other people.and, ultimately, in yourself.An unapologetic exploration of the Black mental health crisis-and a comprehensive road map to getting the care you deserve in an unequal system. Showing how the boldest, most effective leaders use a special combination of trust, love, and belonging to create spaces where other people can excel, we offer practical, battle-tested tools-based on our work in companies such as Uber, Riot Games, and others-along with interviews and stories from our own personal experience to make these ideas come alive.

Unleashed provides radical advice for the practice of leadership today. We show through inspiring stories from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley, the origins of great leadership are found, paradoxically, not in worrying about your own status and advancement, but in the unrelenting focus on other people’s potential. It’s about how effective you are at empowering other people-and making sure that this impact endures even in your absence. We argue that this popular leadership advice glosses over the most important thing you do as a leader: Build others up. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting deficiencies. When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder.

The unapologetic guide