A Bridge Within

About this book

At eighteen, Rachael Tutwiler Fortune walked across a graduation stage with her two-and-a-half-year-old son on her hip. Some saw a statistic. She saw a beginning. This is a story about turning the moments that shape us into the work we are called to lead, and learning how to build trust across differences in a divided world.What followed was not the story anyone would have written for her. She stepped into a calling that would take her from the classroom to the boardroom. And along the way, she learned how to bring people together in pursuit of what matters most. In A Bridge Within, Rachael shares the leadership approach that has shaped her life. A way of leading that begins within and reaches outward. The kind that connects, restores, and creates opportunities where it did not seem possible.Whether you are leading in a classroom, a boardroom, a congregation, or your own home, this book is an invitation to build the kind of bridges that create real opportunity for others. Because the bridge we have been waiting for is not out there somewhere. It is already within us. "Rachael Tutwiler Fortune offers a powerful and timely vision for leadership, one that recognizes that the capacity to create opportunity in the world begins with the development of the human being. This relational intelligence is a deeply needed perspective for leaders navigating complexity and change."- Isabelle C. HauExecutive Director, Stanford Accelerator for LearningAuthor of Love to Learn