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A great toolbox of techniques for any manager -Alex Strazzanti The tone of this book is refreshingly approachable. Dara immediately invites you in with her humor, humility and honesty. She is able to connect with the reader through humanity in ways that few others achieve. Her techniques and tools are straight-forward and easily implemented. By the end, not only do you feel the desire to make this shift as a leader, but you know it's the right thing to do. And most empowering of all, you have dozens of tangible ways to implement your new methods. Making Human-Centered Leadership a reality in state government -Ana Lasso I found this book to be a powerful tool in my role as the Director of the California Department of General Services. I asked my executive team to read it together as a team-building activity, and it's already led to a lot of positive change... including elements of the book in our training sessions, improving hiring practices, and initiating human-centered projects to make our department more equitable and effective. Refreshingly new leadership approach designed to foster culture change in government agencies -Kathleen Buzad A New Kind of Power is the right book at the right time for leaders and workers at government agencies, faced with challenging workplace issues and pressure to produce good results for their communities. The author's energy, passion and hands-on expertise with the work is palpable. The author keeps it honest and real, with a steadfast focus on effective transformational change. Barlin's handbook is the roadmap for better workplaces and more effective delivery of public services. Motivating and insightful -Kevin Crenshaw Dara is an empowering leadership thinker and change agent after my own heart! With interesting stories and interviews, she identifies the crucial problems government leaders face-and their root causes. Then she makes a brilliant case for human-centered leadership in government, with practical tools and insights to make it happen. If you work at any level of government, you need this book.

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Dara has over two decades of experience facilitating trust-building conversations, conducting research to inform policy, and leading grassroots campaigns for positive change. Dara's research has been featured in the United Nations, U.S. Congress, Institute for Public Policy Research, and Harvard Education Spotlight Series. Her organizing campaigns for policy change have been touted as outstanding models by Human Rights, White House and State Department leaders. In 2012, she led a global campaign that helped to build trust and develop a common blueprint for positive change across 97 countries. More recently, in response to the mental health crisis spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dara initiated a campaign to bring more effective communication skills to households around the world. Dara has a Masters with honors in Public Policy from the London School of Economics, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barnard College.

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