Leading Up While Standing Out, Volume 1 (EPUB eBook, Second Edition)

Leading Up While Standing Out, Volume 1 is the ENRICH Outsider's career manual for navigating predominantly white institutions. Duane K. Andrews wrote the book nobody gave him: seventeen keys for leading up when competence alone is not enough and the room was not designed with you in mind.

Volume 1 covers Keys 1 through 9: lead and manage yourself exceptionally well, accept that your boss is your boss, never complain about your boss, make your boss look good, think and act like the owner, take initiative and make your boss's job easier, keep the boss in the loop, drop entitlement, and offer solutions instead of problems. ENRICH (Ethnicity, Nationality, Race, Identity, Culture, Heritage) was created by Duane K. Andrews and Sherry M. Jerimie. Cases name the dimension and the facet actually in play. Facets such as age, accent, disability, faith, and class sit inside dimensions. They are never called dimensions of their own.

This is not a book about working harder. You already work harder. It is about working strategically inside systems that were not designed with you in mind, without giving up your dignity or your identity to do it. Each Key stands alone. Find the challenge you face today and start there.

For ENRICH Outsiders and for leaders who coach them. Volume 2 continues with Keys 10 through 17.

This Second Edition is the updated 2026 text.

Duane K. Andrews, MBA, is Principal and CEO of DKA Toolkit Inc. He brings thirty-two years in Corporate America and service as a corporate trainer at Baruch College from 2004 to 2022.