| Category: | Business and Investing |
|---|---|
| Author: | Katie Goar |
| Publisher: | Forbes Books |
| Publication Date: | October 20, 2026 |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| ISBN-13: | 9798887508481 |
| ASIN: | B0GWRB37FS |
For too long, we have been sold a recipe for leadership: a
splash of pedigree, a dash of dress code, and a fancy title carefully built
over ten years in the corner office. In Audacity, Katie Goar calls that
recipe what it is: BS. Instead, she offers something far more durable. From the
tent in the woods where she spent a season of childhood homelessness to the
president’s office of Quadel Consulting & Training, she tells the story of
one woman’s refusal to let her conditions define her identity. Through candid,
vividly detailed accounts of setbacks, the people, and small rebellions that
shaped her, she redefines leadership as an act of rebellion available to
anyone. The result is a singular, revealing portrait of resilience: the
siblings who each found their own way out, the single mother who offered her
family a garage apartment, the executive who learned that a hand up changes
more lives than a handout.
What makes Audacity unique, and what sets it apart
from the crowded leadership literature, is Goar's voice: feisty, funny, and
utterly free of pretense—paired with frameworks built to help readers rise to the
level of leadership the book proposes. Her concepts endure because they are
earned: resilience taken daily like protein powder, the “necklace of shame” we
must ditch, the “hold on” that creates space between emotion and response, the
wisdom of leading at 80 percent. Drawing on years of rising from operations to
the C-suite in affordable housing, she shows why your mess can become your
message, why asking for help is a strength, and why true leadership is
strategic generosity. From proving a doubtful boss wrong to demanding a fence
at her son’s school, Goar turns her memoir into an insightful, compelling manual
distilled with leadership wisdom. When so many wait for permission to lead, Audacity
offers a bracing reminder: the leader you’re waiting for is you.
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