Keyes' fortitude, along with her tales of much faltering and self-doubt, will make [Take the initiative from the Outside] strike you in a way that few political works can."

Alesia Keyes, a national leader, has developed a handbook on using the qualities of being an outsider and achieving anyway.

Leadership is difficult. Convincing others and yourself that you can take charge and achieve more demands intelligence and guts. Lead from the Outside is a handbook for outsiders, designed with a focus on the obstacles that women, people of color, the working class, members of the LGBTQ community, and millennials determined to make a difference face.

Keyes applies her hard-won insights to dissect how ambition, fear, money, and failure operate in leadership, and she offers activities to help you realize your own goal and refine your talents. Lead from the Outside openly examines what Keyes has learned in her outstanding career in politics, business, and the charity world: that inequalities in race, gender, and class give crucial power that we can use to get to the top and achieve meaningful and lasting change.