“Revolutionary Leadership is a blueprint for how Black women lead with clarity, conviction, and collective strength. Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown shows that when we bring our full selves to the work and move together with purpose, we don’t just push through; we design a new path.”

—April Verrett, International President, SEIU

“Revolutionary Leadership expands the leadership paradigm by illuminating how Black women reinterpret and transform traditional masculine models. Brown’s research is firmly rooted in the historical context of the vital leadership roles these women have long held in community organizations, churches, and educational institutions within Black communities. Kerry Mitchell Brown presents a compelling new archetype of female empowerment, enriching our understanding of how Black women build power to foster a healthier, more collaborative, humane, and inclusive workplace.”

—Dr. Ella LJ Bell Smith, Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

“This book is a must-read for Black women leaders, and for any executive committed to cultivating Black women leaders. As a rebuttal to self-help-styled career advice, Brown’s work is not only validating to a generation of Black women trailblazers who are architects of their own success, but provides the data to back up the realities that many Black women have lived. For the next generation of Black women leaders, Brown provides a playbook for how to navigate spaces with authenticity as the strategy and impact as the outcome. This is certainly the manual I wish I had earlier in my career.”

—Portia Allen-Kyle, Civil Rights Attorney; Founder, FuturaBold”

“Black women, while working within organizations that weren’t necessarily built with them in mind, have developed core leadership skills—real innovation and agility among them. Revolutionary Leadership names that and reframes it as currency. Dr. Kerry Mitchell Brown elevates those skills as a source of power and as genuine career assets, backing it with evidence-based strategies around visibility, positioning, and access that leaders and organizations can put to work.

This is an important contribution to how we think about talent and what high-performing organizations actually require. For any leader or organization serious about both—this book belongs in your hands. For Black women navigating those organizations every day, it’s also deeply personal. That dual power is exactly what makes it essential.”

—Leilani M. Brown, CEO, Giant Steps, LLC; Author, Your Next Giant Reset